
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, I'm not about … [Read more...]
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A husband, father, and Licensed Lay Minister (Reader) reflecting on life, faith, and the prayers we pray in the Church of England

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, I'm not about … [Read more...]

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, used in Lent … [Read more...]

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 been keeping … [Read more...]

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...]

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 of the … [Read more...]

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 a temptation set … [Read more...]

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, New Zealand. … [Read more...]

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...]

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 this Collect that … [Read more...]

Lead us to ponder the mysteries of his passion 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 … [Read more...]