Author: sean

In January, I had an experience which recently came back to haunt me. As a fresh lockdown had begun, I had spent a week working from home. I had not left our house for any purpose for the whole of the week.  I had not been to the shops, to the office or anywhere. ‘Twas […]

I was reflecting on one of Jesus statements in my quiet time today; Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6 vs. 35) Jesus original hearers would have known what is truly like to struggle for food and water. […]

Have you ever had one of those moments when, suddenly, you see things more clearly than you used to? It seems to be happening to me rather a lot at the moment.  Let me explain to you how, this is happening. I have been reading a book called The Art of Pastoring – Ministry without […]

It has finally happened.  I knew, sometime ago, that things were not right and that the demise was inevitable.  I tried to keep things going for as long as possible.  Try as I might, my laptop was getting slower.  At first, I excused it.  Okay, so it was taking 10 minutes to start up in […]

It was only a small part of the sentence, but it hit me like an express train!  Yes, the story may only have been a few verses in length yet, it contained so many emotions.  There was hurt, frustration and rejection.  Mark, in his Gospel, says that the Pharisees came to question and test Jesus. […]

I couldn’t resist it.  This photo was one I took this morning. This is the second day of snow.  As I sat in our back room, and was preparing to do some work, I saw these two faces. In case you are wondering who, or what they are, there is no mystery!  They are two […]

Recently, I have been struggling to pray. I know I am a minister.  I know such things should be the bread and butter of my trade.  Nonetheless, prayer has been a struggle. Maybe, you have experienced times like this too?  God seems distant, a long way off.  You feel as though you have been trying […]

I love a good murder (a story that is – not actually committing them). There is nothing better, to my mind, to settling down to a good Midsomer, Sherlock Holmes, Marple or Poirot.  Within each of these stories comes the moment when, the detective, needs to abandon observation and confront their suspects in order to […]

There is a saying that I think comes from ancient China.  I am never sure if it is intended as a curse or a proverb.  It says; May you live in interesting times In my opinion, the year 2020 would easily fall into the category of interesting times! I would hazard a guess most of […]

I don’t know how these past few months have been for you.  I have found them a little tough.  There has been quite a bit of work to do in preparing services for broadcasting.  I have been looking at all the different ways of keeping fellowship alive whilst separated.  There has been getting to grips […]