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, … [Read more...]
You know our struggle to serve you
March 14, 2010 By
Regular readers of this blog will know that I struggle quite a bit with my health. And anyone that read last Sunday's reflection on the Collect will know that it has been particularly bad recently. Sadly, … [Read more...]
Friday Foto
March 12, 2010 By
This is a picture of the splendid High Altar at Godmanchester Church. The impressive reredos of the high altar with its gilt wood carving and figures was designed in 1901 by G F Bodley. The purple frontal, … [Read more...]
Give us insight to discern your will for us
March 7, 2010 By
Over the last few weeks, my health, which is never good, has been particularly unstable. And, in fact, the last couple of weeks it has been really poor. I've been getting a lot of pain, which has frequently … [Read more...]
By following in his Way come to share in his glory
February 28, 2010 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 … [Read more...]
Grew closer to you in the desert
February 21, 2010 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 … [Read more...]
The Really Big Sale
February 20, 2010 By
How do you deal with temptation? Do you yield to it, or resist it? We're all tempted at sometime or other, even Jesus was. Here's a thought-provoking little story about one salesman's failure to resist … [Read more...]
Lord Jesus, Think On Me
February 18, 2010 By
Here is a video of Musica Sacra singing that splendid Lenten hymn, "Lord Jesus, Think On Me". Musica Sacra is a chamber choir of around 35 voices founded and conducted by Indra Hughes and based in Auckland, … [Read more...]
Rescue us from the chaos of sin
February 17, 2010 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 … [Read more...]
Bend our wills to love your goodness and your glory
February 14, 2010 By
Today is the Sunday next before Lent; it's the last Sunday in this short period of Ordinary Time before we move into the Lenten penitential season — It’ll be Ash Wednesday this week. We can see in … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 16) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.