Dear All I am sitting in a different space today. And no it is not beside the front door because I have locked myself out, it is one of those ‘just because’ moments. It has taken me quite a while to work out the words today. Whilst pondering, I have worked through two other services … [Read more…]
Dear All I have just locked myself out of the house. One of those moments of total and utter disbelief and a ‘how could I have been so stupid’ moments. We all know them and the frustration of them. It wouldn’t have been so bad, if I didn’t have somewhere to be in half an … [Read more…]
Dear All With the tumultuous couple of weeks that have just passed Charlie and I took a day off. The only way to take a day off is to leave the house and change the scenery completely. We went over to Banks Peninsula. I needed to feel the wind in my face and put the … [Read more…]
Dear All This is an extraordinary community of love. On one of my rides back home, up one of those long straight roads that leads to home these words from our prayer book were rumbling around my head. (I originally typed in fumbling – I suppose there was a little of that too!) God is … [Read more…]
Dear All I have been aware over the last few weeks of the wave of camellias that line our driveway. They flower at different times, so we have perpetual colour for weeks on end, and then of course the wind comes along and deposits those beautiful blooms with a ‘flump’ on to the concrete. Such … [Read more…]
Dear All I am going to begin with a prayer today written by Thomas Arnold (1795-1842). He was appointed the headmaster of Rugby School in 1828, and aimed to make it an example to other public schools in providing a truly Christian education for the sons of the new middle classes. He saw no difference … [Read more…]
My dear Friends, The Feast of Dedication provides the opportunity for us to commemorate and celebrate the dedication or consecration of our place of worship. It has turned my mind to the dedication of the churches in the parishes where I grew up in the north of England. S. Columba’s (Warcop) where I was baptised, … [Read more…]
Dear All As you read this I will be in Korea – South Korea. If you are reading this at the 8am or 10am Service, I will hopefully be tucked up in bed and asleep. In a short while I will get up and try and find the Anglican Cathedral in Seoul. Yes – they … [Read more…]
Dear All My first degree was a BA in history and perhaps more specifically, in Rural Society of 18th Century England, with a focus on a group of six parishes in Mid-Kent between 1720 and 1750. I studied probate inventories to build a picture of agricultural activity in each parish. Those parishes are still in … [Read more…]
Dear All I can’t quite believe that we are already in the month of September. It is incomprehensible as to where time as gone, in fact it seems to be speeding up. As you are all well aware, I do battle with my desk on a regular basis, space on it is always at a … [Read more…]
