The love our God gives to each one of us, as witnessed to in the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, is a truly wonderful thing. Today's Collect, for The Third Sunday before Lent, reminds us … [Read more...]
May we trust in your mercy and know your love
September 25, 2011 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 18, 2011 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...]
Increase your grace within us
September 11, 2011 By
Today is the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity. The phrase I want to reflect on this week is, "Increase your grace within us". I tend to think the terms, “God’s grace” and “God’s love”, are more or less … [Read more...]
The end of our searching
September 4, 2011 By
There are, it seems, many people today who are searching for something, yet not really knowing what it is they seek — something spiritual, outside of themselves. It may not always seem so, but it looks to me as though … [Read more...]
Give us patience and courage never to lose hope
August 28, 2011 By
Today is The Tenth Sunday after Trinity, ten weeks into the main block of Ordinary Time in the Church’s liturgical calendar. In the great Seasons, Advent, Christmas, Lent or Easter, we focus on the key Christian … [Read more...]
Revive your Church in our day
August 21, 2011 By
Today is the Ninth Sunday after Trinity. The phrase I want to pick up on from today's Collect is, "Revive your Church in our day". I wonder how "revival" might come to today's Church, and especially to the Church of … [Read more...]
When we prosper save us from pride
August 14, 2011 By
I don't think of myself as being prosperous, far from it in fact. On a continuum with "prosperous" at one end and "needy" at the other, I would generally put myself closer to the "needy" end -- closer to, "when we are … [Read more...]
You give us gifts and make them grow
August 7, 2011 By
Today’s Collect, for the Seventh Sunday after Trinity, gets me thinking about the spiritual gifts. I must admit to being somewhat sceptical of some of the big outpourings of the “gifts of the spirit” and have … [Read more...]
You made us all in your image
July 31, 2011 By
Today is the Sixth Sunday after Trinity. In our Collect we’re reminded that we are all created in the image of God, we all reflect something of God in who we are, and what we are. It’s clear when you look around … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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