Posts Tagged ‘ sermon ’

There is but one way…

… to get rid of the snow, and that it to build a sled for the children.  When I have finished it, (June or July sometime) the snow will be gone!  Whilst deciding whether or not to clear the drive and risk the car this morning – (nah, walk!) I was browsing a few books that need finishing.  See my not quite a new year resolution.  At the back of Rowan Williams’ Silence and Honey cakes there is an interesting question and answer section.  In one he expands a little on Vladimir Lossky’s idea of individual and person. He...

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Whose Eyes? – Civic Service

I was never really sure about the annual Civic Service – that was until this year.  It was – wait for it – actually quite good fun, well the preparation was anyway!! My talk, titled:  ‘Whose Eyes?’

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Lament and Rejoice

My offering for tomorrow, reflection on a year past and hope for a brighter one to come! To lament a leaf… How empty stands the winter tree, once with a canopy full of leaves. How bare you are without adornments, No green covering to shade and protect. You wept bitterly in the early autumn sun, As golden leaves turned from the sky and fell to earth. Your glorious array of colour, vibrant life, dropped away to leave stark winter branches. Clinging to the last of them as a mother clings to her children, Grieving for the splendour of your,...

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Random College Entry

  • Post Reading

    No not lamp post or junk mail, post as in after, oh and blog postings of course… Perhaps I should explain… As you will have noted (look right and down a bit) I have been reading Sallie McFague’s book ‘Life Abundant’, well sorry, but it should be Mc Vague, until now that is. I just didn’t get it. The language was admittedly a little long winded for my liking, but something else (related to yesterdays posting) was wrong. I was just not doing the reading, I wanted to get to the end before the middle. While on a break, I read a ‘post’ on John Davies’ blogsite about purple wheelie bins and reading the ordinary. After downloading his greenbelt talk and relaxing, listening to his lovely Liverpudlian accent and wishing I had gone to greenbelt, I realised the problem. I need to stop and reflect before ploughing on! So to the point – today’s challenge (other than getting up and getting the kids to school) build a stool… To be continued…

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