The choices we make in life can have unexpected consequences further on down the line. And the wrong choices, the sinful choices, we make often descend quickly into complete chaos. One sinful decision can set off a chain … [Read more...]
Pancake Breakfast
February 16, 2010 By
Today is Shrove Tuesday: there are many traditions and customs surrounding this day around the world. But my favourite is the eating of pancakes, hence the alternative name that usually use, Pancake Day. As I usually try … [Read more...]
Bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory
February 14, 2010 By
Today is the Sunday next before Lent; it's the last Sunday in this short period of Ordinary Time before we move into the Lenten penitential season — It’ll be Ash Wednesday this week. We can see in this Collect that … [Read more...]
Let the Light Shine
February 13, 2010 By
We have a saying here, "What goes around, comes around". I expect most parts of the world have something like it. This inspirational and heart-warming story illustrates just what it means very well. I expect it's … [Read more...]
Friday Foto
February 12, 2010 By
I had forgotten all about this picture I took a couple of weeks ago, until I was having a look through recent images to see what I would use for today's Friday Foto. I'm always fascinated when I can see the moon so … [Read more...]
Until You Don’t
February 11, 2010 By
I was whiling away some time on YouTube recently, just seeing what I would see, when I came across this amazing Bass Guitarist, Jeff Schmidt -- playing, "Until You Don't". I'd never thought of the bass guitar as a solo … [Read more...]
Judging Others
February 10, 2010 By
Do you catch yourself being judgemental about others sometimes? In this post from the Winners Circle, Lou Tice suggests that we can learn something about ourselves if we examine more closely what it is we disapprove of … [Read more...]
The New Monk
February 9, 2010 By
People talk about someone having the "patience of a saint"; perhaps it should be the "patience of a monk": at least, if this little story is anything to go by! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. The New Monk A … [Read more...]
Give us reverence for all creation
February 7, 2010 By
In the Church of England our readings and Collects, today, encourage us to think about the Creation; and today, The Second Sunday before Lent, is sometimes referred to as Creation Sunday. I don’t really think, at … [Read more...]
Oscar Osorio
February 6, 2010 By
I am always impressed and inspired by tales of convicts who have turned their lives around completely; from lives of criminal activity, violence and drugs; to lives that serve God. If people can turn away from some … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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