Today is the First Sunday of Advent, or Advent Sunday, which is the first Sunday in the Church’s liturgical year. The season of Advent takes us from today, right up until Christmas Eve. It’s a penitential … [Read more...]
A love letter to God
November 28, 2009 By
This is a story that dropped into my inbox recently. It tells us the story of what happened to Robertson McQuilkin after he had to resign as as president of Columbia International University. I thought … [Read more...]
Friday Foto
November 27, 2009 By
Friday Foto Looking down the barrel of a gun! This is a picture of the canon on Palace Green in Ely, with the Cathedral in the background. The canon was originally captured from the Russians in Sebastopol. … [Read more...]
Laughing With
November 26, 2009 By
I have been won over. I keep coming across this video on the internet, posted on various blogs and in forums that I read. The first few times I watched it, I was unsure about it. I thought the words were … [Read more...]
The Secret to Success
November 25, 2009 By
The Secret to Success Here is another post from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle. In this one he lets us into what he considers to be the secret of success; and it's just a single word. Would you give … [Read more...]
Three Hymns
November 24, 2009 By
With many people around the world thinking about Thanksgiving this week, I was reminded of an old joke that always makes me laugh. It would, I guess, work for any time with a little change in the wording. … [Read more...]
Help us to hear the call of Christ the King
November 22, 2009 By
Today is the last Sunday in the Church's liturgical year, the festival of Christ the King. Next week the whole cycle starts again with Advent Sunday. But I don't really want to focus on that in my reflection … [Read more...]
Wilma Rudolph
November 21, 2009 By
I have just been reading a little about Wilma Rudolph, and what an amazing story it is! I didn't know anything about her until very recently, which surprised me a bit to start off with -- surprised that … [Read more...]
Friday Foto
November 20, 2009 By
Friday Foto The picture below was taken on my trip to Walsingham earlier in the year. It's a splendid steelmesh sculpture, and hangs in the Barn Chapel. It was made in 1988 by David Begbie. One thing … [Read more...]
She Moves Through The Fair
November 19, 2009 By
Something really strange seems to be happening to my musical tastes. I'm a man who grew up liking rock music, the weirder and more progressive, the better -- as well as a goodly smattering of jazz from … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 16) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.