Tag Archives: Kingdom

Little Donkey

“Little donkey, little donkey, on a dusty road. Got to keep on plodding onwards, Bethlehem’s in sight.” No, you aren’t caught in a time warp, it isn’t Christmas, it is Easter time, but I would like us to think about donkeys this morning. A few months ago I was lent a book by Joan Ackerley, […]

April 5, 2020 – 1:44 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Quiet my Anxious Thoughts

As I was thinking about what I was going to share this morning, a came across a survey that was carried out in 2015. It was a piece of research looked at what people in the UK worry about, and it found some interesting things. It revealed that the average adult spends an average of […]

February 20, 2017 – 12:26 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

God works everything out?

Our reading from Ephesians this morning jumps right into the middle of this letter’s opening paragraph, a hymn of praise to God.   In this praise we find an important truth about God. “He works everything out in conformity with the purpose of his will.”   I find this to be quite a difficult thing to understand.  […]

November 9, 2010 – 10:18 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

What King do you see?

Today is the feast day of Christ the King. I wonder what kind of picture comes into our heads when we hear the word, “King”. I wonder how we react to the idea of someone being King over us? What does it mean to have a King? These questions are difficult enough when we’re thinking […]

November 22, 2009 – 12:43 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Suspended

Tom is very excited. His dad has been away from home for what seems like forever. But, he is coming home today. All week Tom has been counting down the number of sleeps left before it will be the day that Dad is coming home. At school Tom has been telling his friends about how […]

March 23, 2008 – 5:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Exiled

Happy New Year. You might think that this is a bit of an odd thing to say, but we’re in church, and the church can be a bit odd. One of the ways that it is odd, is that the church year begins about four weeks before Christmas, on the first Sunday of Advent, which […]

March 23, 2008 – 4:12 pm | By tim | Posted in Littleover | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)