
People do hear different things in a sermon, and do pick up on things that you wouldn’t expect them to. Okay, maybe not in quite the extreme way the old chap in this joke does. But you can just imagine it … [Read more...]
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A husband, father, and Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England

People do hear different things in a sermon, and do pick up on things that you wouldn’t expect them to. Okay, maybe not in quite the extreme way the old chap in this joke does. But you can just imagine it … [Read more...]

This is the fifth in a series of posts about ‘Love’ from the Daily Meditations of Fr. Richard Rohr. In this one he talks about Jesus' command to each of us to 'love', and how by doing so, we can grow in our own … [Read more...]

Help us to keep your law of love When I read this Collect for The First Sunday after Trinity, I was immediately drawn to the phrase, "Help us to keep your law of love" -- no real surprise there then, I usually go for … [Read more...]

Know your Ten Commandments I couldn't resist this joke, because I can imagine it having quite a lot of truth about it. Henry, who was very elderly, was unhappy because he had lost his favourite hat. Instead of … [Read more...]