September

The hedgerows are teeming with life, most of it edible, we have so far (apart from the tree load of apples which our garden supplies) blackberries – loads, hedge garlic (still prolific) raspberry leaves for tea, haws for Haw-sin sauce and a few other bits and pieces. In a few weeks the elderberries will be ready, the damsons up the lanes will start to turn and it will be all hands to the preserving pan, if only the apples would stop falling long enough for us to pick some to put away!! The wheat is in, but not processed quite yet, it will have to be milled soon, ready for the beginning of October and the coming of the inevitable Harvest Thanksgivings. The Cat has started complaining about the weather, but it’s not quite time for the log burner, which reminds me to call the log man and have...
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Fear is in the air…

… and the magazine letter is late. (as usual) Fear is in the air, you can smell it! You can see it as well, the shop assistants giving out adverts in the street for their latest offers, the new signs going up pointing to various retail establishments, information about flu precautions. We used to...
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Tags: energy, Faith, global warming, hope, letter, magazine, nuclear, re-birth, Resurrection, Wilderness
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A rare day out

I had the chance to be away from the pulpit today and grabbed it with both hands, well, grabbed the bike and rode before anyone could stop me!! I was confronted by the usual low-sunday features, small congregation, (no hope of hiding then) quite reflective service, the Gospel was of course about Thomas who...
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Tags: Belief, doubt, Faith, low sunday, motorbike, Thomas
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Legacy of shame?

To be honest, my words were a little stronger than the title here this afternoon, however after mulling things over / steaming / ranting, it became obvious that the object of my frustration could not be truthfully a generalisation – therefore the following comments are (I would dearly wish to hope, but will probably...
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Tags: Belief, Church, community, death, exclusion, Faith, love
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Journeying
It is a common feature of Christianity, journeying. We go on pilgrimage together, walking alongside one another, helping each other as we go. This Christian way has been with us since forever! The Emmaus road story is about a journey, and fellowship together. What am I getting at? When someone leads worship at which another is preaching, is it not normally the case that these two people should sit together, before the congregation, pray together before and after the service and generally help each other along the way? For me this is primary, for others evidently not. Flattered though I was to be left to take the service without guidance or help, although frankly by now this should be second nature… There was a sense of distance between the sermon, (not mine) and the rest of the service, even though I had tried to integrate the two. Journeying between colleagues or those put together to prepare worship should be just that, not separate paths with no relation between the two. At an even more basic level, the lack of support shown by not participating was a distinct lack of professionalism and grace towards another member of the Christian family!!

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