Thought for the week

The closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has been held and the Olympic flag has been passed to Los Angeles where the next Olympic Games will be held in 2028. The last time the Olympic games was held in Los Angeles was in 1984 and many people will remember the women’s 3,000m race…

The great hymnwriter Isaac Watts was born 350 years ago in Southampton on 17 July 1674. He wrote 750 hymns many of which are familiar today even to people who seldom go to a church service. At Christmas congregations all over the English-speaking world sing his hymn “Joy to the world”; on Remembrance Day they…

As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begin breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty is in the news. He is the most dominant breaststroke swimmer of all time. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2016 and 2021 Olympics and a silver medal at Paris. He is an eight-time World Champion, a sixteen-time European…

Andy Murray’s farewell at Wimbledon was a highly emotional moment. His very successful career has brought great joy to him and his family, to the town of Dunblane and to the nation. He brought the long wait for another British men’s champion to an end when he defeated Novak Djokovic in 2013. The two men…

The weather is a frequent subject of conversation in Britain. This year there have been many complaints that we haven’t yet had a real summer. Yesterday we had a beautiful, warm, peaceful evening with a cloudless blue sky. This morning it is overcast and colder with light rain. At school holidays time families hope for…

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…