Friday Foto

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Friday Foto This is a scene that I've seen hundreds of times, even photographed it a few, but never caught it quite like this. Sammie, youngest daughter, had taken a similar picture on her phone, and I thought it was … [Read more...]

Sweet Sacrament divine

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Sweet Sacrament divine Our Choir sung one of my favourite hymns (I have many), "Sweet Sacrament divine", during the administration of communion in the Sung Eucharist at Godmanchester Church on Sunday. What I … [Read more...]

Teach by Example

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Teach by Example Here's another post from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle. In this one, Lou gives us some good parenting advice -- advice that it would've been helpful to have getting on for twenty-seven years … [Read more...]

The Blind Man

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The Blind Man The old one's are sometimes just what you need. It doesn't always matter if you can see the punch-line coming right from the start of the joke. This, for me, is one of those kind of jokes. The Blind … [Read more...]

Still Searching for Andrew

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Still Searching for Andrew It is now two years since Andrew Gosden left his home in Doncaster (September 14th 2007) and never returned. Andrew's family have never stopped searching for him in those two years. But, … [Read more...]

May we trust in your mercy and know your love

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May we trust in your mercy and know your love Sometime around the middle of the nineteenth century, Frederick Faber wrote the hymn, "There's a wideness in God's mercy". That would have been soon after he converted … [Read more...]

The Parable of the Child

The Parable of the Child This great piece of writing arrived in my inbox recently, thanks Eric. Unfortunately, it's another one of those stories that has become separated from the name of its author, so I'm not able … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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Friday Foto When I went into Godmanchester churchyard to take the photographs for the post I did earlier in the week about Mary Ann Weems, I had a wander around some of the less travelled areas as well. This … [Read more...]

El Shaddai

El Shaddai While I was browsing around YouTube recently, I came across a name I hadn't heard in many years -- Amy Grant. Somewhere in my collection I've got some of her music; but I think it's on an old cassette tape, … [Read more...]

Good Stress

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Good Stress The title of this post seems to be more than a little bit like an oxymoron -- how can stress possibly be good? This is another one of those thought-provoking emails from the Winners Circle. In this one Lou … [Read more...]