Myton Musings

At the Carol service we used this this wonderful song to reflect on the Christmas story.  Enjoy it again!

Two songs, new to us, appeared in the medley before the service on Sunday morning.  Here's an opportunity to listen to them again . Who would have dreamed Come behold the wondrous mystery

Get your nose in a book in 2021! (Taken from Tim Challis' blog!) Do you love to read? Do you want to learn to love to read? Do you enjoy reading books that cross the whole spectrum of topics and genres? Then I’ve got something that may be right up your alley—the 2021 Reading Challenge. Whether you are a light reader or completely obsessed, this 2021 Reading Challenge is designed to help you read more and to broaden the scope of your reading. How It Works The 2021  Reading Challenge is composed of 4 lists of books, which you are meant to move through progressively. You will need to determine a reading goal early in the year and set your pace accordingly. The Light Reader. This plan has 13 books which sets a pace of 1 book every 4 weeks. The Avid Reader. The Avid plan adds another 13 books which increases the pace to 1 book every 2 weeks. The Committed Reader. This plan adds a further 26 books, bringing the total to 52, or 1 book every week. The Obsessed Reader . Th...

We used a new Christmas song on Sunday morning. Here's a link so you can watch it again.  The words are shown below. Lyrics: VERSE 1 Come and see the inconceivable And believe the unbelievable God has come to dwell with us Begotten Son born into Adam’s earth Promised One fulfilling ancient words God has come to dwell with us BRIDGE Who could ever know the depths Of the myst’ry of Your grace? Though our minds can’t take it in Lord, our hearts are filled with praise VERSE 2 He will heal the unhealable He will save the unsavable God has come to dwell with us Heaven’s joy will drink our bitter cup Emptied out as He is lifted up God has come to dwell with us VERSE 3 Lord, we’re lost in overwhelming awe At the thought of such amazing love God has come, God has come God has come to dwell with us

'Never give up!' The last in a series of short talks on the parables. 

In this second article John Wyatt reflects on 'How to be a recovering perfectionist'  An extract.. 'The first and perhaps the hardest lesson to learn is that there is no quick fix for unhealthy perfectionism. These traits of thought and behaviour have very deep roots and they become hard-wired in our personalities. The process of change may be slow and uneven. But change is possible. We can gradually become transformed by grace and learn new habits of thought and action. We can learn to put aside maladaptive thought patterns and grow in emotional maturity. We will never lose our longings for excellence (indeed as we saw before this is part of our God-likeness and has many positive aspects), but we can learn to redirect these longings into healthier patterns.' Read more...

'The Prodigal Father' Next in Bob's series on the parables.

Through the course of Advent, however old or young you are use your cutting out and colouring in skills to build up your own nativity scene. Download the outlines here Print out on card and then get colouring!

'To seek and to save'

An update from the church in Pokhara Listen again to Richard Dunn's introduction to the church in Pokhara as well as some latest news.

In many areas of life it seems you have to have some perfectionist tendencies to get on. It is a trait that's encouraged.Touching almost every area of life. Communicated in schools, families, media, workplaces. But what happens when it transforms into negative forms or habits.  Today we highlight John Wyatt's exploration of the signs and symptoms of unhealthy perfectionism. Next Wednesday (9th) he'll consider 'How to be a recovering perfectionist' An extract... Signs and symptoms of unhealthy perfectionism There may be obsessive self-criticism, and a constant sense of failure. Sometimes there are desperate attempts to make ourselves try harder in order to achieve our self-imposed standards. There may be procrastination and an inability to get down to work because of fear of failure and rejection. Another common sign is ‘Black and white thinking’. Either something is wonderful, brilliant and excellent or else hopeless, useless, terrible and worthless. ‘Unless I c...

Honesty - the best policy? The third of Bob's series on the parables.