Author Archives: tim

Joy to the world?

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” Now, in common with a lot of people, Paul was in the habit of putting the things that he thought were most important at the beginning of his lists. In this case, the […]

December 15, 2008 – 1:04 pm | By tim | Posted in Cobridge | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Weary at Christmas?

I wonder if you are feeling weary today? I know that I am, a little. I think it might be worth naming some of those things that might be making us feel weary. They might be health problems, either our own or those of people we are close to. Worry about finances, and how we’re […]

December 10, 2008 – 12:18 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Where is God?

On the third of August, 2007, a seventeen month old child was taken to a London hospital, where the child was pronounced dead. The child had very severe injuries. Now three people await sentencing for, “causing or allowing the death of a child”. During the course of the last week there has been extensive news […]

November 18, 2008 – 7:50 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Whose Image?

Put yourself in the sandals of those who had been following Jesus and learning from him. Three years ago you had a proper job. Who were you back then? Were you an outdoors type, maybe a fisherman? Were you more of an office worker, with pens, paper and calculations everywhere? Were you a widow, catching […]

October 20, 2008 – 8:08 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Lord’s Prayer

I’m really glad this morning to be talking about this prayer. Over my life I’ve had a bit of a strange relationship with it. I remember an assembly I sat in when I was ten. The headmaster was defending the fact that we didn’t have much in the way of prayers in our school assemblies. […]

October 9, 2008 – 8:37 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Are you coming or going?

This is a bar of Divine Chocolate. If anybody can work out the link between what I say this morning and Boy George then they can have it. You have until I leave the building this morning to work it out. The answer will be on next week’s notice sheet. As I was mulling over […]

September 23, 2008 – 11:30 am | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Dance or Weep?

Is it just me, or is that gospel reading a bit odd. What on earth is going on? Jesus is teaching and some of John’s disciples come and see him to find out if he is the one that John had been waiting for and pointing to. Jesus points out all the signs of the […]

September 18, 2008 – 1:19 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Motivation

What makes people do the things that they do? What is it that motivates people? What makes you get out of bed in the morning? As I was watching the Olympics a couple of weeks ago these questions were going through my mind a bit. What really struck me was the respect that interviewers and […]

September 7, 2008 – 6:10 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Rock and Salvation

I thought that this morning we might have a look at the Psalm that is set for today. To help with this, I have printed out copies for you, so that you can take it away and perhaps reflect back on it. It might feel a bit odd to be engaging with a Psalm like […]

September 3, 2008 – 3:35 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Included

Misha is desperate. She came to the UK from the Czech Republic because she had heard that there was work. She’s been here six months and is still paying back the loan she took out to fund her ticket. Four days ago she got a letter from home. Her little sister, Anya, has taken ill […]

August 17, 2008 – 4:29 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)