Pastor's Thought

Reports of Bothan Shem Jean aged 26 years, who was an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers was shot dead in his home, apartment. The Harding University graduate was confronted by an off-duty police officer, with four years experience Ms Amber Guyger, who entered his apartment on the Thursday after a 14-hour shift, which she had mistaken to be her own home. While …

It was reported this week that there is a rise in young girls self-harming at alarming rates.  This was not simply a matter of them having issues pertaining to what some may assume to be a matter of body image.  The report went on to ridicule society as it buries its heads in the sand, as claimed that “violence and abuse”  are “drivers of poor mental health among women and girls”.  …

It was reported this week in Southern California that Forrest Gordon Clark aged 51 had been arrested for starting the so-called Holy Fire. Mr Clark has had a 10-year dispute with his neighbours to which it was reported that he had emailed the local volunteer fire chief to threaten “this place will burn”. The fire quickly spread burning over 9,600 …

Often in the world of money, cash is king, has been a pun that has been used to demonstrate the importance of cash. However, in recent years, the use of electronic payment has increased significantly, to the point that now, electronic payment has eclipsed cash in the UK. It has been reported in the Guardian that notes and coins are …

Following the end of World War 2 Britain was devastated by the aftermath of the war and sought to redevelop the country in many ways and, one important area was the medical wellbeing of the people. From this saw the emergence of the National Health Service, fondly known as the NHS, which provided free health care to everyone at the …

French media reported a gathering of people outside an apartment block, where on the fourth floor a four-year-old child was dangling with bystanders looking in fear of trepidation. The child’s life hung in the balance of death or almost serious injury. With the neighbour frantically holding on to the child. At this stage a passing migrant, who had no legal …

This week after much negative publicity delivered against President Donald Trump, following years of captivity of three American citizens, Trump successfully negotiated their secure release. It was anticipated that their incarceration would be for years, if not decades to come, with no expectation of release. It was noted that Trump’s intervention and ability to negotiate their unexpected release marked a …

There are many things US President Donald Trump envisaged following his inauguration, from more jobs for the American people to a wall keeping the Mexicans out.  However, it is uncertain even President Trump would have seen this coming.  For almost 70 years the countries of Korea both North and South, have been on nonspeaking terms.  Yet, this week we saw …

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the death of the young black man Stephen Lawrence.  He was murdered while waiting with his friend Dwayne Brooks for a bus one evening. Stephen  Lawrence was the victim of a brutal race attack when a gang of five white youths attacked and murdered him in an unprovoked attack based only on his race.  …

The last two weeks have seen the rise in the war in Syria, but this time with the use of chemical weaponry. The USA airstrikes against Syria in the last two days was supported by UK and France following the alleged use of chemical weapons on the Syrian civilians by its own government. The chemical weapons used resulted in over …

This week central London has witnessed an unprecedented rise in death by knife crime, which has surpassed even that in New York.  The cause for this sudden increase has not. Even fully understood, and so sociologist criminologists and other professionals have tried to give reason to this most difficult and shameful period within the UK.  The common factor to this …

Resurrection Sunday is the most important time of the year, in the Christian calendar. Although Christmas time is quite significant, wherein it demonstrated the Love Gift God sent in human form by way of His Son Jesus Christ; this was part of the wider plan. Many faiths have seen leaders come and go. Yet, for Jesus, His life held three …