Pastor's Thought

Christmas marks the season when we celebrate the birth of Jesus as the redeemer of the world. Although this is not the date of his birth, it is the date when we recognise Jesus throughout the Western Christendom. Within the gospel nativity, we find various characters that have a sense of commonality and echoes throughout our lives today. The Wise …

The media has been silent about the recent atrocities that are being carried out in Lybia against its own people. Through social media and second-tier news, it has come to knowledge that Lybians are being sold into slavery by their own 150 years after the abolition of slavery. Their images of human flesh huddled together like cattle, publicly displayed, examined …

On Monday, 27 November 2018 the Kensington Palace made an announcement that Prince Harry, who is fifth in line to the throne, is to marry American actress Meghan Markle in May 2018 at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Ms Markle came to notoriety playing the character as Rachel Zain in the hit American series Suits. What makes this forthcoming marriage …

On 15 November 2017, Robert Gabriel Mugabe the President of Zimbabwe was held under house arrest by the head of the army in an attempt to oust him out of power. Since the country’s independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has known only one leader Robert Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF party. His power was taken by force, after being under British …

It was reported on Friday 17 November 2017, Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero claimed he had completed the world’s first human head transplant between two corpses. At a press conference in Vienna, Austria, the neurosurgeon announced that he had removed the head from one corpse and attached it to the body of another corpse. He claims to have done so by …

On Sunday 5 November 2017 while worshippers gathered at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, a lone gunman Devin Patrick Kelly entered the small church armed with an assault rifle and callously opened fire on the congregants who were aged between five and 72.  Of those present, 26 people were killed, including the 14-year-old daughter of the Pastor Frank …

This week Thailand mourned at the funeral of its former King Bhumibol Adulyadej who had been lying in state for 12 months.   He had been revered as a demi-god and was in his time the world’s longest reigning monarch. The lavish ceremony was seen by hundreds of thousands of mourners who lined the streets, as the gold chariot carrying the …

Over the last two weeks, it has emerged that the Hollywood tycoon Harvey Weinstein, over decades, allegedly sexually harassed, intimidated and in two instances raped women within the Hollywood industry. His victims ranged from A class household names actresses, through to lesser known up and coming actresses. His position in Hollywood made him a name to be reckoned with, which …

The on-going fight to decide how Britain leaves the European Union does not get any easier as the British Prime Minister Theresa May and her Cabinet try their best at negotiating with their European counterparts.  However, following the recent troubles experienced by Mrs May, at the recent Conservative Party Conference, it was thought things could not get any worse.  That …

On Sunday 1st October 2017, as 22,000 people were enjoying a country music open-air festival in Las Vegas, a lone shooter opened fire on the music fans. From the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel, with an aerial view, it was reported that at around 22:05 local time (05:05 GMT) the festival attendees were sprayed with rapid-fire gunfire that …

This week saw the death of American businessman and magazine publisher Hugh Martin Hefner.  He was a controversial yet well-known figure within the American media empire, and his most notable association has been as the founder of the Playboy magazine which he founded in 1953.  In addition, Hefner was a political activists/ philanthropist and also an advocate of sexual liberation.  …

In a recent report that examined crime and society, it was noted that people from (Black, Asian, Minorities, Ethnics) BAME communities were over-represented at almost all stages of the criminal-justice process. The report also noted that these members of society were disproportionately targeted by the police and were also more likely to be incarcerated and also more likely to be …