Category Archives: Eyton

Tales of Two Farmers

This morning’s Bible readings introduced us to two farmers, which is quite fitting for a Harvest service. The first of our two farmers is a man called Amos. Now, from what we heard this morning it’s not obvious that Amos was a farmer, but if we go back to the beginning of the book of […]

Dinner

I wonder if you have ever played the game in which you pick your five fantasy dinner party guests. If you could invite anyone from history or around the world, who would you pick? There are at least two radio shows based around this idea, one of which, “My dream dinner party” actually creates the […]

The Choice

Does anyone remember a Radio 4 programme called the The Choice? I think it was last broadcast about 15 years ago, though a few episodes are still available to listen to online. Michael Buerk talked with people about how they made life altering decisions, and what the consequences of those decisions were. Many of them […]

Messiah?

This week we have been remembering and celebrating VE Day. In the Spring and Summer months of 1945 countless men and women were coming home from the war to be reunited with their families. I wonder if amongst all those children, excited at the prospect of seeing their fathers for the first time in 3,4,5 […]

Others and Mothers

I’ve found my self thinking and talking about this passage from Luke’s historical account of Jesus’ life and ministry a lot recently. It was the passage that had been set for Wednesday lunchtime communion last week at All Saints, and so I spoke on it at the care home communions that I went to as […]

Blessings?

This morning we meet Jesus on a journey between two places. Our reading from Luke’s historical account of Jesus’ life and ministry began, “And he came down with them.” Which prompts the questions. Where did he come down from and who is “them”? To find the answers to these questions we need to look back […]

Harvest

Today we’ve heard tales of two harvests. The first tale is one related by the prophet Joel, about four to five hundred years before Jesus’ life on earth. It seems that recent harvests have been bad. Locusts of various kinds have come and blighted the crops, the rains have failed, and the harvests have been […]

Dancing

I am in awe of those who can dance. I mean dance properly. I can do Dad dancing at a wedding or birthday party, but that is pretty much the only kind of dancing I’ve ever been able to manage, shuffling from side to side, maybe waving my arms around a bit. I did once […]

A Last Prayer

I wonder if you’ve got a summer holiday booked. There’s a lot to get ready for a holiday isn’t there. There’s the planning when and where you’re going to go. Then sorting out passports and insurance if you need them. Closer to the time you’ve got to pack, decide what’s going with you and what’s […]

Love

I’m going to begin this morning by reading a few verses from different books in the Bible, and I wonder if anyone can work out what they have in common? Matthew: “As soon as Jesus was baptised, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit […]