Hold us fast to your promises of peace

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Genuine world peace sometimes feels as though it’s just an impossible dream. There’s so much conflict in the world, so much upheaval, there doesn’t appear to be enough room left for real peace. However, … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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My favourite photo this week is much easier to pick. This is Lily; we think of her as our surrogate granddaughter, though she's actually our great-niece -- she's really the granddaughter of Liz's sister who died at … [Read more...]

Deepen our faithfulness to you

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When I think of phrases such as this one, “deepen our faithfulness to you”, from the Collect for The Second Sunday after Trinity, my thoughts are often drawn to another remembered phrase, “I believe, help my … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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This is a picture I'm really pleased with: I had the idea, and it worked out just as I'd hoped for -- doesn't always do that for various reasons. It's one of the red Gerberas I bought my wife for her birthday earlier in … [Read more...]

Help us to keep your law of love

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To my mind, 'love' is one of the most important aspects of our Christianity; and, of course, something that Jesus himself had quite a lot to say about. It also seems to be something I talk about quite a lot on this blog … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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I haven't been able to take a picture every day over the last couple of weeks while my health was as bad as it was -- missed last week's Friday Foto when I was in hospital. But this is one of my recent favourites. It's … [Read more...]

Enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth

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Today is Trinity Sunday: it's a good day to be praying for our minds to be enlarged with the knowledge of God’s truth. We need that to be able to attempt an understanding of the doctrine of the Trinity — one of the … [Read more...]