Thought for the week-The Princess & the Pea

As a child many of us would have come across the Fairytale of The Princess and the Pea by Hans Christian Anderson.  Much later!  I came across it again but this time it was used to help illustrate an idea about the spiritual journey.  Briefly the story reveals the ultimate test to find out whether or not a girl is a real Princess.  Little Peas During the course of our own Spiritual journey, rather... [Read More..]

Thought for the week Encouragement

An e-mail I received this week contained the following thought: Maya Angelou was interviewed on her 70+ birthday and she said, ‘I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.’ I have a friend who is very good at this. She seems to find it easy to praise even the smallest thing. I come away... [Read More..]

Thought for the week – Melville Matheson

“If you were to wind the clock back, would you choose a different course in life?” How many times has that question been posed? A woman, going about her housework, answered the doorbell to find a man, a little down on his luck, standing on the doorstep. He said he was hungry and wondered if there was some food to spare. Instead of sending him packing, or taking the easy option of giving him some... [Read More..]

Thought for the week – Reflection on Life

Isn’t it strange that princes and kings, and downs that caper in sawdust rings and ordinary folks like you and me Are Builders oof Eternity. To each is given a bag of tools, An hour glass and a book of rules and each must build ere his own time has flown A stumbling block or a stepping stone, Author Unknown I first saw this little poem on a ca’endar in my teenage years,... [Read More..]

Thought for the week – Who invented the week anyway?

It’s good, isn’t it, that this week is only seven days long: thank God for that. What if it had been twenty-seven days? Twenty seven days until next week-end, until the next church service, or until a more interesting thought for the week. How bad would that have been? By the seventh day God finished what he had been doing and stopped working. He blessed the seventh day and set it apart as a special... [Read More..]

Thought for the week – Gordon W Whitelaw

Have you noticed that the Humanists and others have apparently become fed up with the Christian advertising appearing on buses. In response to adverts for the Alpha Course etc they have come up with the idea of a God-free advert to counter religious advertising. They have adopted the slogan “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your Life.” Religious groups complained... [Read More..]

Thought for the Week – Easter 2009

Mark 16:1-6 (NIV) When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” But when they looked up, they saw that the... [Read More..]

Thought for the Week – Helen Caldwell

Luke Chapter 2 Verse 7 “And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger”. The Christmas Story seems to mean more to me, reading it from the King James Version of the Bible, than any other. It brings back so many childhood memories and I am sure many of you will think that it is a sign of old-age creeping up on me! Happily, many of the primary... [Read More..]

Thought for the Week – Bobby Caldwell

ECCLESIASTES CHAPTER 7 VERSE 10 Never ask “Oh why were things so much better in the old days?” It’s not an intelligent question. I am sure that most of us who are older have said or thought of saying these words. Particularly at this time of uncertainty, we feel the necessity to look back at how things used to be. However we should remember that the world is always changing and in this season... [Read More..]

Thought for the Week – Nigel Mansfield

The British Council have been around a long time. One very good thing they have done is to give their backing to the IAESTE scheme for several decades now This enables British students in Science and Engineering to work abroad in the last Summer vacation before they graduate.   There is a ‘international ring’ which operates allowing students to exchange jobs and work in another country. Work... [Read More..]

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