I thought it was about time I gave something of an update on me, and what's happening with this blog. In the words of the Terminator (and the title of this post), 'I'll be back!' But I hope that news is more welcome to … [Read more...]
You know our struggle to serve you
April 3, 2011 By
Today's Collect, for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, seems to want to encourage me to think about my ministry more than I wanted to, and, in some ways, more than last week's did. I’ve been putting off writing this post and … [Read more...]
Give us insight to discern your will for us
March 27, 2011 By
Today's Collect, for the Third Sunday of Lent, always encourages me to think about my own ministry. It encourages me to evaluate where it is, where it's been, and where it might be going. Of course, the third part of … [Read more...]
Grew closer to you in the desert
March 13, 2011 By
Have you ever spent time in the desert? The closest I’ve come to spending time in a physical desert, is when we’ve had occasional water shortages here in England — which are as nothing in comparison to many parts … [Read more...]
I Can’t
March 2, 2011 By
When faced with difficult challenges, do you find yourself saying, "I can't". I have begun to say, "I can't", more recently, at least to myself, than I would have done in the past. Here's a post from Lou Tice at the … [Read more...]
Turn away from those habits which harm our bodies
February 6, 2011 By
It isn't every year that we get to use today's Collect on a Sunday. We usually see this Collect for the Fifth Sunday before Lent used as weekday Collect for the weekdays following Candlemas until the first of the … [Read more...]
How does awareness help us understand suffering?
May 24, 2010 By
Today’s post is another one of Fr. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations. In this one he talks about how our suffering is the same as everybody else, and that of Jesus on the cross, and not separate from it. How does … [Read more...]
Philosophy of Life
May 19, 2010 By
Do you have a philosophy of life? I imagine many of my readers on this blog will have a philosophy that they try to live by; probably many will be be couched in Christian terms. That's certainly been the case for me. … [Read more...]
The Trials of Life
April 7, 2010 By
How are you managing with the trials of living in today's world? In this post from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle he talks about the various trials we face in different stage's of our lives. I once heard that, "Old … [Read more...]
What pain in my life needs God’s love and transformation today?
April 4, 2010 By
Today's post from Fr. Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations spoke to me at a very deep level -- quite possibly because I have so much pain in my life just now (I'm still having a really tough time with my health at the … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
Elizabeth Jackson on 