Hold us fast to your promises of peace Peace! Real world peace! It sometimes seems to be just an impossible dream. There's so much conflict in the world, so much upheaval, there doesn't appear to be enough room left … [Read more...]
Deepen our faithfulness to you
May 30, 2008 By
Deepen our faithfulness to you As I was reading this week's Collect, for The Second Sunday after Trinity, I immediately thought of those words from St Mark's Gospel, "I believe, help my unbelief!" (Mark 9:24). Jesus' … [Read more...]
Help us to keep your law of love
May 24, 2008 By
Help us to keep your law of love Regular readers of this blog will start to think I've got a "hobby horse", as so many of my posts seem to be about "Love". I think it's almost inevitable through the great period of … [Read more...]
Enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth
May 16, 2008 By
Enlarge our minds with the knowledge of your truth Trinity Sunday is 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 … [Read more...]
Revive your Church with the breath of love
May 9, 2008 By
Revive your Church with the breath of love My reflection based on last week's Collect was on the phrase, "Fill your Church on earth with power and compassion". This week is on the phrase, "Revive your Church with the … [Read more...]
Walsingham
May 5, 2008 By
Walsingham I took myself off to The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham for a few days recently. The intention had been to make it a retreat-cum-pilgrimage; however, it didn't quite work out like that. My health rather … [Read more...]
Fill your Church on earth with power and compassion
May 2, 2008 By
Fill your Church on earth with power and compassion When you look at the churches around about -- certainly here in England, and much of Europe, not sure the same would be true for all of the world -- it's very often … [Read more...]
Help us to seek and serve you
April 30, 2008 By
Help us to seek and serve you Whenever I think of serving Christ in some way, I think of those wonderful words about serving others from St Matthew's Gospel. That could well be influenced because I frequently see a … [Read more...]
By the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples
April 26, 2008 By
By the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples When I used to be somewhat fitter, a while ago now, I enjoyed walking. One of the places really liked going to was some flooded gravel pits near where I lived. I … [Read more...]
Your wounds declare your love for the world
April 18, 2008 By
Your wounds declare your love for the world The crucifixion of Jesus was a horrific event. When I first started thinking about what I might write in this posting, I thought I might include a graphic description of … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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