Author Archives: tim

Ready or not, here I come

Does anybody know what this is? It is a tuit. Does anybody know what kind of tuit this is? It is a round tuit. This is the perfect Christmas gift for your husband, wife, son or daughter, anybody really who is always saying that they’ll do things when they get a round tuit. When we […]

November 27, 2016 – 3:37 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

And so Abram went.

Last week, when we were thinking about the Tower of Babel, we thought about God’s scattering, about the command of God on humanity to fill the earth. At the beginning of this evening’s reading, we have the same dynamic at work – God is still scattering, moving Abram and his family on, but there is […]

November 21, 2016 – 11:48 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Comments (0)

Babel: Scattering, Unity, Pride

We are coming towards the end of our sermon series, taking us from the beginnings of creation to the call of Abram. Now, I have not been here for the rest of the series and, because of other services that have interrupted the series, it’s actually been a couple of weeks since any of us […]

November 14, 2016 – 4:04 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

A Chapter Break

Does anyone know who the UK’s best selling author of the 1990’s was? It is, of course, Terry Pratchett. He also happens to be one of my favourite authors, especially his Discworld series. There is, however a slight problem, with the books in this series. There are no chapter breaks. The writing just goes on […]

November 6, 2016 – 1:26 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (8)

Forgiveness: Letting off. Letting go. Letting in.

“Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” Is a well done phrase from a well known prayer. We will pray it ourselves in a little while. This theme comes up repeatedly in Jesus’ teaching to his followers, that the forgiveness we receive is dependent on the forgiveness that we give […]

September 19, 2016 – 7:57 am | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Start From Who You Are

I wonder if you’ve got a hero? Someone you look up to, someone you wish you were more like, someone who inspires you. This week the Catholic church recognised the great work of Mother Theresa of Calcutta, her love and humility, her care for the poor, her inspiration in reaching out to the least and […]

September 11, 2016 – 10:59 am | By tim | Posted in Holy Trinity Dawley | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Jumping from 20,000 feet

Do you know the song, “He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand feet”? Well, I think they’re going to have to rewrite it. I was reading this morning on the BBC News website that yesterday a man called Luke Aikens did exactly this. After 2 years training and preparation, he jumped out of an […]

July 31, 2016 – 11:42 am | By tim | Posted in Priorslee | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Referee?

Who’d be a referee? There you are, in the middle of it all, players trying to fool you, see what they can get away with, persuade you. Everybody on the touch line second guessing your decisions, questioning your parenthood, suggesting you should go to Specsavers. If you have a perfect performance no one notices you, […]

July 18, 2016 – 9:40 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington, Wrockwardine Wood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Shining Light

So it’s the end of One Bright Week for another year. It really has been a week dedicated to letting the light of Jesus shine out across Telford, not hiding the lamp under a basket or under the bed, but putting it out in the community and letting it shine. Of course it all started […]

June 26, 2016 – 11:23 am | By tim | Posted in Dawley Christian Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Father

Though sceptical of his teenage son’s newfound determination to build muscles, one father followed his teenager to the store’s weight–lifting department, where they admired a set of weights. “Please, Dad,” pleaded the teen, “I promise I’ll use ’em every day.” “I don’t know, son. It’s really a commitment on your part,” the father said. “Please, […]

June 20, 2016 – 7:50 am | By tim | Posted in Sunday Afternoon Thing | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)