Today is the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. The phrase I want to reflect on this week is, "Increase your grace within us". I tend to think the terms, “God’s grace” and “God’s love”, are more or less … [Read more...]
The end of our searching
September 4, 2011 By
There are, it seems, many people today who are searching for something, yet not really knowing what it is they seek — something spiritual, outside of themselves. It may not always seem so, but it looks to me as though … [Read more...]
Revive your Church in our day
August 21, 2011 By
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 the Church of … [Read more...]
When we prosper save us from pride
August 14, 2011 By
I don't think of myself as being prosperous, far from it in fact. On a continuum with "prosperous" at one end and "needy" at the other, I would generally put myself closer to the "needy" end -- closer to, "when we are … [Read more...]
You give us gifts and make them grow
August 7, 2011 By
Today’s Collect, for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity, gets me thinking about the spiritual gifts. I must admit to being somewhat sceptical of some of the big outpourings of the “gifts of the spirit” and have … [Read more...]
You made us all in your image
July 31, 2011 By
Today is the Sixth Sunday after Trinity. In our Collect we’re reminded that we are all created in the image of God, we all reflect something of God in who we are, and what we are. It’s clear when you look around … [Read more...]
Archbishop of Canterbury on Prayer
July 7, 2011 By
This is a video of the Archbishop of Canterbury discussing what prayer means to him, with Aled Jones in an episode of 'Songs of Praise'. I do like what he says, especially about praying when you feel that God is with you … [Read more...]
Doubt and Faith
July 5, 2011 By
As I mentioned in last Tuesday's post, if all went according to plan, I would be preaching again at the early service on Sunday. Well, all went according to plan, and I did get to preach. Here's the sermon, … [Read more...]
Deepen our faithfulness to you
July 3, 2011 By
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, help my … [Read more...]
Masks
June 30, 2011 By
What masks do you wear in everyday life? This is a video from the folks at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. It's really quite clever, and so very true. So often we do hide behind a mask of some sort; but they're … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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