Dear Sisters and Brothers We have entered into a wonderful time of the year where everything is in full bloom. What a change it brings in the life of the environment and individual? It seems that everything has come to…

Rudyard Kipling wrote:  “I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all I know); their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who”. These are wise words, they speak of the enquiring mind, and…

As I move through the years I am reminded by my body that I can not do the things I once did at the speed I once did them.  Age is no great friend, but it should help us to…

Dear Friends As most of you know I have accepted the post of Superintendent in the Gornal and Sedgley circuit in the West Midlands. We move in August so this is our last Christmas in Banks. In the last 10…

Do you ever stop and think what is important to you? Family, friends, work, sport, hobbies, church, God – all these things are important to me and they make up my life. Since I was diagnosed with a serious illness…

In the gospel of Luke we read about Jesus choosing twelve men to be his disciples.  They travel with him, hear him teach, see him heal, even experience him calming a storm then in Luke chapter 9 “Jesus called the…

Do you ever use the summer holiday period to look back and look forward?  Evaluating where we are in life is important.  If we don’t plan to achieve we can never achieve our plans.  What are the priorities in your…

I had the joy of being at ECG (Easter People) in Scarborough after Easter and heard some truly shocking statistics.  The Methodist church has some 5,500 chapels, one in four of which is growing.  These are served by about 500…

Speaking to my father recently who is not in his 80s, I found him reading yet another book.  He still reads avidly, especially on the subject of Shropshire, his home county, and horticulture.  As he put the book down he…

Where do we find inspiration? In the beauty of creation, in the face of a young child, in love given and love received, in a film, in a good book, or in the Good Book? True inspiration takes us beyond…