Thoughts on 80 years since dropping the bomb on Hiroshima by Celia James
This week it is 80 years since the Americans dropped two atomic bombs, the first on the 6th of August, onto the city of Hiroshima and the second three days […]
The Sower by Celia James 13th April 2025
I’m going to talk about a parable, the one about the sower and the grains of wheat. As a child I liked parables; I still do, but their meaning has […]
The Temptations by Celia James 18th May 2025
Although I do not approach the Bible in a devotional way, I am glad that I had become familiar with many of its stories as a child because an image […]
We Cannot Know the Future
4th May 2025 Jerry Carr-Brion We Cannot Know the Future It is a common human desire to want to know what the future will bring. Many people crave certainty and […]
A Child’s Vision of Heaven
by Marianna Michell – 11th May 2025 Twenty years ago, after leaving this church to enter ministry training in Manchester, I was living in the Rossendale valley in Lancashire – […]
A poem for International Women’s Day by Joy Magezis, 8 March 2025
International Women’s Day International Women’s Day Very important holiday For me, millions of women worldwide Perhaps my story will explain My Grandma Esther Immigrant sweatshop worker A women’s needle trades union organiserHelped build General Strike […]
King Arthur. Jack in the Green. They live! — A thought for the day by Marianna Michell
I am under no illusion that a congregation remembers what we talk about, once a service is over. However, what follows is my memory of two services held in our […]
‘X’ Marks the Spot – A thought for the day by Marianna Michell
Does anyone remember a time when Christmas cards comprised a largish sheet of paper, folded twice? I suppose I was around 8, and I had in front of me a […]
On ‘The Bright Field’, by R S Thomas – A thought for the day by Jerry Carr-Brion
Thought for the day 11th August 2024 Today I’d like to read the poem ‘The Bright Field’, by R S Thomas, who was a Welsh Anglican clergyman and well-known 20th-century […]
Jacob and Jiyū Shūkyō – A thought for the day by Celia James, 23 June 2024
One of my A Level subjects at school was what was then called Religious Studies; the study was at a level which suited a layman in biblical studies, which is […]