Pause for Thought – 9 September 2020

Pause for Thought for St. Patrick’s Day – 17 March 2021 – is available now:

Luke 1:5-64 What did the preacher say when he’d lost his voice? Nothing. He’d lost his voice. Our reading from Luke is all about lost and found. Mary finds her voice and sings a song for the ages. Tied up with her story is another story about a man who first loses, and then later…

It seems rather harder than usual this year to wish everyone a Happy Christmas. There’s a sense of foreboding in the world. Many of us wait with varying measures of fear and uncertainty for what the effects of Brexit will be, especially for the future of peace and cooperation in Europe; many of us fear…

Services have resumed in our church building on Sundays, and you are welcome to join us at 10.30 am (no booking needed), but we are still offering online worship as well. An audio service from the URC is available here: https://devotions.urc.org.uk/#LatestService A video service is available here: https://www.altonmethodist.org.uk/news.html

Mark 9:2-13 Transformation and transfiguration are not experiences to be taken lightly or dismissed as religious nonsense. There are events in all our lives which do not have simple explanations; things that happen to us that we don’t entirely comprehend. Sometimes they are good things, unforgettable, life-enhancing moments. Sometimes they are terrifying. Sometimes we take…

Luke 24:13-35 It’s good to be here this evening. In the light of what happened in these last few days, my travelling companion Cleopas and I felt it imperative that we come and tell you about our incredible experiences. Cleopas has gone to Elstead, so I’ve come to Farnham tonight to speak to you. Cleopas…