A couple of week's ago, I posted something from Fr. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations that had really struck a chord with me. Today, I want to post another one. This actually dropped into my inbox on … [Read more...]
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Reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England
A couple of week's ago, I posted something from Fr. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations that had really struck a chord with me. Today, I want to post another one. This actually dropped into my inbox on … [Read more...]
This is one of those jokes that's funny because it's so true. Dogs and cats really are just like this: at least, the one's I've had as pets have been. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. Where Dogs … [Read more...]
I am always amazed by coincidences when their timing is just so perfect we can't help but think that God has had a big hand in them. It happened to me on Thursday of last week. I'd been having a conversation … [Read more...]
How many times have you told yourself you're just having a bad day? In this post from the Winners Circle, Lou Tice challenges that kind of thinking and encourages us to look at things differently, more … [Read more...]
This phrase, "our beginning and our end", from today's Collect (The Second Sunday of Epiphany), always makes me think about the book of The Revelation -- the last book in our Bibles, and probably one of … [Read more...]
Here is another post from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle. In this one he talks about the importance of setting goals for ourselves -- telling us why he thinks we should set them; and what we can gain as … [Read more...]
This phrase, “eternal unity of perfect love”, from the Collect for the First Sunday of Christmas, sums up rather well in its five words just what the God I try to serve is all about. God exists … [Read more...]
Here is my sermon, more or less, from Evensong on Sunday evening, The Fourth Sunday of Advent, at Godmanchester. If you've read my reflection on the Collect from Sunday, you will recognize where some of … [Read more...]
Today is the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Just a few more days to go and we'll be celebrating, with Mary, the birth of the Christ-child. I wonder if we're fully prepared: probably not, not here at least. I … [Read more...]
Last week, in my reflection on the Collect, I talked about being prepared to meet God through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, and the somewhat confusing subject of God's judgement. This week, the Second … [Read more...]
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