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...]
Revive your Church with the breath of love
May 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This day, the Day of Pentecost, nearly two thousand years ago, the Church was born. We think of Pentecost as the birthday of the Church because it’s when the apostles first went out among the people and began spreading … [Read more...]
Fill your Church on earth with power and compassion
May 12, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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 relatively easy to see something of the power they … [Read more...]
Help us to seek and serve you
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Today is Ascension Day. When Jesus died and rose again, for forty days he appeared visibly to his friends, and taught them about the mammoth task he was setting them, of converting the whole world to Christ. Then he … [Read more...]
By the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples
May 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I have always enjoyed sitting by water of any kind -- rivers, lakes, gravel pits, or the sea -- and probably don't do it often enough nowadays. For me, it’s a great way to become aware of the presence of God, through … [Read more...]
Your wounds declare your love for the world
April 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Today is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. In this week's reflection on our Collect, I want us to think a little about what it meant for the human Jesus to willingly suffer the agonies of crucifixion -- for us. The … [Read more...]
Teach us to hear your voice
April 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Today, the Fourth Sunday of Easter, is also known as Vocations Sunday in the Church of England. It’s a day when Churches up and down the land will be thinking about what God might be calling each of us to, our … [Read more...]
Strengthen us to proclaim your risen life
April 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Following the resurrection of Jesus, the disciples were filled with boldness and fresh hope, and went on to found the early Church. Those tired and defeated men who had slipped away fearing for their lives following the … [Read more...]
Open the doors of our hearts
April 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Today is The Second Sunday of Easter -- Easter Day being the First Sunday of Easter. Our Collect for today has some words that I often use in my prayers -- they're words I use when I pray for help in discerning God’s … [Read more...]
For a new day has dawned
March 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
For a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open. Words from the Collect for Easter Day. For a new day has dawned and the way to life stands open. These words, for me, are words of hope. At the dawning of this … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 19) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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