Reflection, a thought for the month
Down on the Farm (House)….
August 27th, 2008
It’s been ‘interesting’ living in the old farmhouse. It’s very old and creaky, but there’s plenty of room. Surprisingly, we have no gas here, so rely on a diesel fired boiler. You can imagine the heating bills nowadays! Plus, the gardens are huge and home to lots of wild life. Which brings me to this [...]
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Reflection for Jan 2008
January 14th, 2008
I have been leading services in Nottinghamshire, Suffolk and Buckinghamshire, in churches since 1982 and in prisons from 1988, and I’m left wondering what all that industry has achieved. What has been accomplished by all the singing of hymns and the scripture readings? Which is a pretty sad thought, given that worship is at the [...]
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Now there’s a thought …
October 15th, 2006
It’s a bit of an occupational hazard… me and parish magazines. I get asked to contribute to them and I get to read others. And at Christmas time well-meaning clergy tend to follow the predictable theme of lamenting how Christmas has been hijacked by commercialism and how we need to get back to the peace [...]
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Trinity Sunday
June 11th, 2006
It’s nice to see the summer has arrived…at last. But oh, how British I am, I complaining I’m too hot! The sun has been shining magnificently over the last few days and it has been the perfect antidote to all that rain and cool winds we endured in May. The sun can help us to [...]
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I read these words..
May 25th, 2006
I read these words in the Bible recently: “Does anyone dare despise this day of small beginnings?“ (Zechariah 4:10) Do you feel there’s a huge gap between your present job and your ultimate career destination? You say “I’d love to switch careers, but this job has security; I don’t think I can take the risk.“ [...]
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