Defend your Church from all false teaching It seems that "teaching" in one form or another has been on my mind recently; this is the fourth post in the last week or so that talks about it in some way. See the others … [Read more...]
May we trust in your mercy and know your love
September 13, 2009 By
May we trust in your mercy and know your love 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 … [Read more...]
You search us and know us
September 6, 2009 By
You search us and know us 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 … [Read more...]
Increase your grace within us
August 30, 2009 By
Increase your grace within us The phrase that jumps out at me from today's Collect, the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity, is, "increase your grace within us". I think the terms, "God's grace" and "God's love", are … [Read more...]
The end of our searching
August 23, 2009 By
The end of our searching 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, … [Read more...]
Give us patience and courage never to lose hope
August 16, 2009 By
Give us patience and courage never to lose hope 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, … [Read more...]
Revive your Church in our day
August 9, 2009 By
Revive your Church in our day Today, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, I want to look at "revival", and how it might come to us in the Church of England. The Church of England has, in recent years, been attempting to … [Read more...]
When we prosper save us from pride
August 2, 2009 By
When we prosper save us from pride 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 … [Read more...]
You give us gifts and make them grow
July 26, 2009 By
You give us gifts and make them grow 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 big outpourings of the "gifts … [Read more...]
You made us all in your image
July 19, 2009 By
You made us all in your image Today, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity, we're reminded that we are all created in the image of God, we all reflect something of God in who and what we are. It's clear when you look … [Read more...]
Andrew Gosden (now 18) has been missing from his Doncaster home since 14 September 2007. The search continues.
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