Here is a little story that illustrates the difference between 'knowledge' and 'love'; and how we talk differently about things when we truly love them to when we only know about them - however much we know about … [Read more...]
Doubt and Faith
July 5, 2011 By
As I mentioned in last Tuesday's post, if all went according to plan, I would be preaching again at the early service on Sunday. Well, all went according to plan, and I did get to preach. Here's the sermon, … [Read more...]
Help us to keep your law of love
June 26, 2011 By
To my mind, 'love' is one of the most important aspects of our Christianity; and, of course, something that Jesus himself had quite a lot to say about. It also seems to be something I talk about quite a lot on this blog … [Read more...]
Scars For Life
June 25, 2011 By
I have got a few scars from my childhood; mostly gained falling off my bike. And I can remember being pretty proud of them at the time. So I can imagine, a little, the pride the little lad in this story felt about his … [Read more...]
Revive your Church with the breath of love
June 12, 2011 By
This day, the Day of Pentecost, nearly two thousand years ago, the Church was born. We think of Pentecost as the birthday of the Church because it’s when the apostles first went out among the people and began spreading … [Read more...]
Lord and King
June 7, 2011 By
I was able to preside and preach at Evensong on Sunday. We had a visiting organist, which took me by surprise, but it worked well -- even though we did find we were waiting for each other a couple of times. Here's the … [Read more...]
Fill your Church with power and compassion
June 5, 2011 By
When you look at the churches around about — certainly here in England, and much of Europe, not sure the same would be true for all of the world — it’s very often relatively easy to see something of the power they … [Read more...]
By the lakeside you renewed your call to your disciples
May 29, 2011 By
I have always enjoyed sitting by water of any kind -- rivers, lakes, gravel pits, or the sea -- and probably don't do it often enough nowadays. For me, it’s a great way to become aware of the presence of God, through … [Read more...]
The Apple of Love
May 28, 2011 By
This is one of those stories that I vaguely remembered hearing something about, but never really knew it fully -- I think I'd only caught the back-end of a news report, or possibly even a snippet of the tv programme … [Read more...]
Your wounds declare your love for the world
May 22, 2011 By
Today is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. In this week's reflection on our Collect, I want us to think a little about what it meant for the human Jesus to willingly suffer the agonies of crucifixion -- for us. The … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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