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
March 10, 2013 by 2 Comments
This week's reflection, on the Collect for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, is very much related to last week's. I nearly didn't write anything at all, because I think what I'm going to write is quite painful for me, and I … [Read more...]
Give us insight to discern your will for us
March 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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
February 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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...]
Grew closer to you in the desert
February 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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
February 13, 2013 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...]
Bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory
February 10, 2013 by
Today is the Sunday next before Lent. It’ll be Ash Wednesday this week. We can see in this Collect that we’re beginning to prepare for Lent; acknowledging the disorder of our sinful lives, and asking for our crooked … [Read more...]
That we may know eternal peace
March 25, 2012 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...]
You know our struggle to serve you
March 18, 2012 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 … [Read more...]
Give us insight to discern your will for us
March 11, 2012 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...]
Andrew Gosden (now 19) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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