Thought for the week

Many people own a copy of the Bible but find it difficult to read. One reason is that the Bible is a very big book and it’s not easy to know where to start reading. The Bible is divided into two parts – the Old Testament and the New Testament. God speaks to us through…

Tamayo Perry died tragically on Sunday 23 June after being attacked by a shark off the island of Oahu in Hawaii. He was 49 years old. Tamayo was a Hawaii native and had been a lifeguard with Honolulu Ocean Safety since 2016, where surfers sometimes need saving when they get in trouble with the 20-foot…

We live at a very sad time in the history of our world. Many people desperately struggle to find hope for their future. People in Ukraine face constant missile and drone attacks from the Russian forces which destroy their communities taking many lives and causing life changing injuries. During 2024 it is estimated that 900…

Elon Musk is a very successful businessman. He is the richest man in the world with an estimated fortune of more than £200bn. His businesses include Tesla, Space X, X (formerly Twitter), Starlink, Neuralink and X.ai, his latest AI project. His achievements are impressive. Tesla opened up the US market for electric vehicles, SpaceX has…

Lord Richard Dannatt is a distinguished British Army leader. He was Chief of the General Staff, head of the British Army, from 2006 to 2009. Sir Richard says that death is not the end of life and soldiers need to be better prepared for war and spiritually prepared for death. He believes faith in God…

On 6 June 1944, 80 years ago, the largest seaborne invasion in history occurred in the Normandy landings. By the end of D-Day 156,000 British, American and Canadian troops had landed on the beaches of Normandy. By 4 July, that figure had reached one million. This operation began the liberation of France, and the rest…

On the 6 June people in Britain and other nations will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. But there would have been no D-Day without God’s gracious overruling in the amazing deliverance at the time of the Dunkirk evacuation four years earlier. Across the Channel 350,000 Allied troops were trapped by the advancing German army…

Oleksandr Usyk from Ukraine is now the undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion after defeating Tyson Fury in a ferocious championship fight in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Both men were exhausted after the fight for which they were paid very large prize money, making it one of the richest boxing fights ever. Both men were undefeated before…

The Sunday Times Rich List profiles the richest individuals and families in Britain. There are 171 billionaires in Britain, which has more billionaires per head of population than almost any other country in the world. The wealth of the richest person is £35 billion. The top 50 individuals and families together hold a combined wealth…

This year is the centenary of Eric Liddell’s success at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. Eric’s story was told in the Oscar-winning film “Chariots of Fire.” He was born in Tientsin in northern China where his parents were missionaries with the London Missionary Society. In 1923 Eric gave up rugby to concentrate on athletics in…