Today is the Ninth Sunday after Trinity. The phrase I want to pick up on from today's Collect is, "Revive your Church in our day". I wonder how "revival" might come to today's Church, and especially to … [Read more...]
Anglican Announcements
March 4, 2010 By
I have always been something of a fan of Adrian Plass; he is very funny. In this video he's giving a (not so) typical set of Announcements before a service in an Anglican Church -- he must have been to … [Read more...]
Rescue us from the chaos of sin
February 17, 2010 By
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 … [Read more...]
May we trust in your mercy and know your love
September 13, 2009 By
May we trust in your mercy and know your love Sometime around the middle of the nineteenth century, Frederick Faber wrote the hymn, "There's a wideness in God's mercy". That would have been soon after … [Read more...]
Revive your Church in our day
August 9, 2009 By
Revive your Church in our day Today, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, I want to look at "revival", and how it might come to us in the Church of England. The Church of England has, in recent years, … [Read more...]
Archbishop’s Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion
December 16, 2008 By
Archbishop's Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion I was very impressed by the Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas message to the Anglican Communion, published yesterday. Bearing in mind some … [Read more...]
May we trust in your mercy and know your love
August 23, 2008 By
May we trust in your mercy and know your love These lines from the Collect for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity -- "May we trust in your mercy and know your love" -- made me think of that wonderful … [Read more...]
Lambeth Conference – From the Bishop of Ely
August 6, 2008 By
Lambeth Conference - From the Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely has written a report about how he feels the Lambeth Conference went. For me, it summarises very well what I've been reading on various blogs … [Read more...]
Give us patience and courage never to lose hope
July 25, 2008 By
Give us patience and courage never to lose hope Thinking about "hope" and the Church, the BBC Radio 4 Thought for the Day was, I think, especially apposite on Wednesday of this week (23 July). Hopefully, … [Read more...]
Revive your Church in our day
July 18, 2008 By
Revive your Church in our day It seems so appropriate that we should be praying for a revival of God's Church this week, of all weeks. Not only is it the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, which is just another … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 16) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.