Yesterday as my, almost, six-month old grandchild vomited on my jumper (yet again), I found myself reflecting that a baby brings an awful lot of disruption with it. Your world is never the same. Things that you used to take for granted are no longer the same. When you used to just jump in the […]
Author: sean
Missing It
I recently took my daughter to a hospital appointment in London. The challenge that lay before us was navigating ourselves to an unfamiliar part of London in the rush hour. Our appointment time was just as the daily rush was beginning and it meant that we would be trying to get home in the midst […]
Dark and Light
As I have been preparing for the upcoming festive season, a lot of my thinking has been around the theme of light and darkness. I love the prologue of John’s Gospel and contrasting images of light and dark that it presents; The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (John […]
Where the Heart is
I am approaching that time of year, in my preparation and planning, that I refer to as “the bosses birthday”. Christmas There are services to plan, activities to co-ordinate, visits to make, family responsibilities and a diary full of places to be and things to do. All this happens before the big day itself. Don’t […]
Ingratitude?
Today, my quiet time focussed on the story of the ten leper’s. It’s an interesting account told in Luke’s Gospel chapter 17 vs. 11 – 19. Jesus is travelling towards Jerusalem when a group of leper’s call out for pity. Jesus heals them but, only one returns to say “thank you”. Luke points out, and […]
In need of a change?
I have been thinking quite a bit about change just recently. WL Bateman is credited with saying; If you keep doing what you have always done, you will keep getting what you have always got Many people know that they need to make changes in their lives. For some, it’s a small change that will […]
Let’s Talk About It!
Yesterday, I attended a day of conversation on one of those “hot potato” issues that is facing the Church today. Over the years, there have been many issues both great and small that Churches have argued about and divided over. What struck me with yesterdays discussion was, it was a conversation. It amazed me that, […]
The Day My Mind Went Blank!
I am sure I am not the only one this has happened to but, there was an occasion my mind went completely blank. It was when I was training for ministry and leading a worship service. We reached a point where, in that Church, it was tradition to say what is known as “The Lord’s […]
Love One Another
When our leadership team at Church carried out our recent exercise on values one that we identified was “to love everybody”. Jesus said; “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if […]
Be Encouraged
It was my privilege to write the “Thought For The Week” which went out on an Eastern Baptist Association Mailing. This is the article wot I rit! In my recent quiet times, I have been re-reading 1 Thessalonians. I say re-reading because, earlier this year, I preached a series on this letter and […]