THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – Pentecost? 31st May 2020   What is Pentecost and how did it start? There’s only limited space here, so a truncated version. The original Day of Pentecost is a Jewish festival, coming fifty days after Passover (when the Jews made their great escape from Pharaoh in Egypt). Jews in Jesus’ timeRead more

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – We Are One 24th May 2020   When reading the lectionary for today I could not help but find comparisons between our upturned world and the one those original disciples found themselves in and the difficult journey that they have also endured in recent weeks. What wild swings of emotion theyRead more

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – The Unknown God 17th May 2020   Our thoughts this week are again based on the reading from Acts set for the week (Acts 17: 22-31). This is the account of the apostle Paul debating with the thinkers and philosophers of Athens in the Areopagus – an important place for debateRead more

A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK – Cradle Roll 3rd May 2020   It‘s always a great privilege to welcome people into the family of God in Baptism – young and older – and it’s the same for us at Cooksmill Green. Most of our congregation will know much of what I’m about to write, but forRead more