A Gold Award for Stonehouse Methodist Church, one of the churches in the Gloucestershire Methodist Circuit. Every blessing, Andy Rickell, Circuit Social Justice Officer

The next few articles I am going to share from the BBC website focus on an individual who participated in “The Nine to Five with Stacey Dooley”. Their personal reflections about work might help you to see an issue in yourself that you want to do something about. We at Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club would be happy to listen to you and suggest ways forward. Our contact details are on the Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Facebook page. Andy Rickell, Cirencester Ashcroft Work & Wifi Club Manager

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zm4p6g8?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR5FxmOMRaIq3TpmRjnwZrf2eiU7QVVNoWOmVUX2Klmjo59O9vKPa8JLrUAi2A_aem_0nt82fsFDW51ZlXO_fO9sA

Thought for the day - What would Christian economics and politics look like ?

“The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices, slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment, worsen inequality, diminish productivity and increase global tensions. Other than that, they’re fine.”
JPMorgan Asset Management’s chief global strategist David Kelly, quoted on Morning Brew

Every blessing, Andy Rickell, Circuit Social Justice Officer

“BUILD BRIDGES, NOT WALLS”

Pope Francis quotes -

Words attributed to Pope Francis but not written by him :-
“The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches...
They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports...
It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.
A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar...
In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist...
A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care...
A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant, ready to receive the organ from a poor donor...
It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people, that different worlds intersect according to a divine design. And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing.
The absolute truth of people, most of the time, only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irreversible loss.
A hospital is a place where human beings remove their masks and show themselves as they truly are, in their purest essence.
This life will pass quickly, so do not waste it fighting with people.
Do not criticize your body too much.
Do not complain excessively.
Do not lose sleep over bills.
Make sure to hug your loved ones.
Do not worry too much about keeping the house spotless.
Material goods must be earned by each person—do not dedicate yourself to accumulating an inheritance.
You are waiting for too much: Christmas, Friday, next year, when you have money, when love arrives, when everything is perfect...
Listen, perfection does not exist.
A human being cannot attain it because we are simply not made to be fulfilled here.
Here, we are given an opportunity to learn.
So, make the most of this trial of life—and do it now.
Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path, and let go of the path others have chosen for you.
Respect: do not comment, do not judge, do not interfere.
Love more, forgive more, embrace more, live more intensely!
And leave the rest in the hands of the Creator.”
—Pope Francis

See the link below for a compilation of actual quotes by Pope Francis.

Every blessing, Andy Rickell

https://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/online-resources/quote-archive1/pope-francis?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR63Ssw4S4cOiVJjJb-pkxUkgLkcNB4n3MKCiTDFlUavsK8mqCeztzlyK7B1VQ_aem_YhhUT9WoiDl-QK29jUHwAQ