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...]
Give us reverence for all creation
February 3, 2013 by
Today, The Second Sunday before Lent, our Collect encourages us to think about the Creation. It would be good for all of us to think more about creation sometimes. And that doesn’t always have to encompass the thorny … [Read more...]
Trusting in your word
October 28, 2012 by
The longest of the psalms, Psalm 119, is a hymn of praise to the value of the Scriptures. We read in verse 127 the words, "Truly I love your commandments more than gold, more than fine gold." The Holy Bible is worth its … [Read more...]
We may see your goodness in the land of the living
October 21, 2012 by
I am not perfect, nowhere even close to it, but I do try very hard to always look for, to always find, some good in everyone. Of course, some people make that easier to do than others. I do try very hard to always give … [Read more...]
Receive the gifts of your love, new every morning
October 14, 2012 by
The gift of God’s love is a tremendous thing. It’s good to know that God loves us as much as he does, even more than the person who loves us the most. It’s a good feeling. The gift of God’s love, however, is … [Read more...]
Live each day with confidence
October 7, 2012 by
I am something of a worrier. Now that wouldn’t be so bad, but, I know, there are times when my worrying will have an adverse effect on my life. But I also know, that that is very definitely not how God wants me, or us, … [Read more...]
You call us to fullness of life
September 30, 2012 by
In today's Collect, for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, we're reminded that we are called to fullness of life. But what is it, what is the “fullness” we are all promised in this Collect and in the words of … [Read more...]
Lord of creation, whose glory is around and within us
September 23, 2012 by
We never have to look too far to see and experience God's glory, it surrounds us. This beautiful world, God's world, that we live in is a reflection of that glory. There have been many attempts recently to make new lists … [Read more...]
May we trust in your mercy and know your love
September 9, 2012 by
Sometime around the middle of the nineteenth century, Frederick Faber wrote the hymn, "There's a wideness in God's mercy". That would have been soon after he converted from Anglicism to Catholicism, and founded what was … [Read more...]
You search us and know us
September 2, 2012 by
I really like the psalms. When we read them, and especially when we worship with them, we are connecting with people who have done the same since well before the time of Jesus. In fact, Jesus himself, would’ve used the … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 19) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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