The traditional name for today, The Fifth Sunday of Lent, is Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of the last two weeks of Lent, traditionally called Passiontide. I think the Roman Catholic Church has, since 1969, … [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...]
By following in his Way come to share in his glory
March 20, 2011 By
One of the names the early Church used for itself was "The Way". We first read of it in The Acts of the Apostles (see: Acts 9:2; 19:9, 23; 22:4, 24:14, 26). That may well be an extension of a use already found in the Old … [Read more...]
Lent versus Yom Kippur
March 15, 2011 By
This joke dropped into my inbox this week. I couldn't stop the laugh from bubbling out, so just had to share it on here. I hope you'll find it as funny as I did -- even in Lent! Lent versus Yom Kippur A priest and … [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...]
Rescue us from the chaos of sin
March 9, 2011 By
The choices we make in life can have unexpected consequences further on down the line. And the wrong choices, the sinful choices, we make often descend quickly into complete chaos. One sinful decision can set off a chain … [Read more...]
Round the Bible in 40 days
March 8, 2011 By
The Bishop of Huntingdon has challenged himself to read around the Bible in the forty days of Lent this year -- which starts tomorrow. He has invited anyone else who would like to to join him. I am challenging myself to … [Read more...]
Bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory
March 6, 2011 By
Today is the Sunday next before Lent; it’s the last Sunday in this period of Ordinary Time before we move into the Lenten penitential season — It’ll be Ash Wednesday this week. We can see in this Collect that … [Read more...]
That we may know eternal peace
March 21, 2010 By
The traditional name for today, The Fifth Sunday of Lent, is Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of the last two weeks of Lent, traditionally called Passiontide. I think the Roman Catholic Church has, since 1969, … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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