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This week is Refugee Week. Our thoughts this week are written by refugees and those who care deeply about their plight. Monday June 15th: A thought from Kelsang Ihamo Unity in Diversity United Kingdom is undoubtedly a world class country and one of the key components that truly makes UK a world class is theContinue reading “June 15th-20th, 2020”

Monday June 8th: A thought from Colin McConkey It’s wonderful how some memories just stick with you and some don’t.  Perhaps that first kiss or buying your first car.  The memory that I’m highlighting today is a little more serious and happened over 20 years ago when I was a student at NTC. Like most conscientious studentsContinue reading “June 8th-13th, 2020”

Monday June 1st: A thought from Nicole McConkey Many of us will have discovered things about themselves that they didn’t know during this pandemic. I’m hopeful that we’ve also learnt to be more present and aware of little things that are special to us. One such a thing for me has been scents and smellsContinue reading “June 1st-6th, 2020”

From ’Thy Kingdom Come’ Prayer Journal – if you haven’t got one you can also download it here: https://www.methodist.org.uk/media/16916/thy-kingdom-come-prayer-journal.pdfThe ‘Thought for the Day’ until Pentecost is mostly a direct excerpt from the Prayer Journal or based on it. Thursday May 21st, Ascension Day. A thought from Steve Reflection on Day 1 of the Prayer JournalContinue reading “May 21st-31st, 2020”

Monday May 11th, a thought from Svetlana Khobnya We feel the presence of God in different ways: when we receive a response that we were waiting for and prayed for a long time, when our fears are finally gone, when we feel uplifted while we sing songs of praise, when we come to the Lord’sContinue reading “May 11th-16th, 2020”

Monday May 4th, a thought from Dwight Swanson A time to embrace, a time to refrain from embracing We have been meeting up with our family via video, like many people I suppose. We haven’t seen our youngest grandchild, Zephyr, since Christmas. We talk to him most days, and watch him grow rapidly. And everyContinue reading “May 4th-9th, 2020”

Monday April 27th, a thought from Nic Healer ‘Blessèd are those who mourn, for they will be comforted’ Matt 5:4 We have been blessed with a whole array of emotions, and I think not without reason. It’s easy to think that some of our emotions are bad, sadness and anger are to be moved on,Continue reading “April 27th-May 2nd, 2020”

Monday April 20th, a thought from Nicole McConkey Honestly, life is a struggle, isn’t it! We’re spending so much time inside the house at the moment. But today we went for a walk. It takes a bit of courage – I find it stressful when there are too many other people about. (What have weContinue reading “April 20th – 25th 2020”