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...]
Watch with him through the night of suffering
March 22, 2008 By
Watch with him through the night of suffering In my more self-righteous and holier-than-thou moments I sometimes think to myself that, had I been with Jesus before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane (Mark … [Read more...]
Grant us the faith to know you and love you
March 13, 2008 By
Grant us the faith to know you and love you Faith is a gift from God. In the Common Worship Baptism service, at the Presentation of the Candidates, the president, addressing the whole congregation, reminds us that, … [Read more...]
Our lives are laid open before you
February 5, 2008 By
Our lives are laid open before you I struggle quite a lot with my health; sometimes worse than others. I'm going through a bad patch just now. When I hit the bad times, the thought of my life being open before God, … [Read more...]
And set all your people free
January 19, 2008 By
And set all your people free to praise you in Christ our Lord. It's really heartbreaking to think of the huge numbers of people around the world who aren't free to praise God. There are far too many people who risk their … [Read more...]
To the beginning of another year
January 1, 2008 By
On this, the first day of 2008, we cannot know what the year ahead holds for us. And perhaps that is for the best. For some of us the year will be a bad one. But for most of us, I'm sure, it will be good. For myself, … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
Elizabeth Jackson on 