This post is another one of Fr. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations. In this one he talks about living with faith, with trust and surrender, in the kingdom of God being something we're beginning to experience … [Read more...]
The Value of Forgiveness
June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Is there someone who has done you a wrong, in some way, and whom you just can't forgive? Have you, yourself, done things that you can't forgive? In this post from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle, he talks … [Read more...]
Deepen our faithfulness to you
June 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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, … [Read more...]
Watch with him through the night of suffering
April 1, 2010 By
When I’m feeling particularly self-righteous and holier-than-thou, I sometimes think to myself that, had I been with Jesus before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark 14:32-42), when the disciples … [Read more...]
Grant us the faith to love you
March 28, 2010 By
Faith is an amazing gift from God. When the Candidates are Presented in the Common Worship Baptism service, we're reminded by the president, as they address the whole congregation, that, “Faith is the … [Read more...]
You Are Lost
February 27, 2010 By
This dropped into my inbox this week; and I thought it was a quite wonderful story, though story it probably is. It reminds us that we can never really be lost if we stay close to God. You Are Lost A … [Read more...]
Know ourselves to be your beloved children
January 10, 2010 By
Jesus' baptism marks for him much the same as baptism does for anyone. It marks a new stage in life, a beginning — a launching into a new life and ministry. That's what all baptism's signify, mine, yours, … [Read more...]
You call us to fullness of life
October 4, 2009 By
You call us to fullness of life In today's Collect, for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, we're reminded that we are called to fullness of life. But what is it, what is the “fullness” we are … [Read more...]
The Surgeon
October 3, 2009 By
The Surgeon Here is another one of those tales that may or may not be true, and probably doesn't matter either way. I don't think I can even begin to imagine what it must be like for doctors when there's … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 16) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.