Does it really matter? It’s a great question and one that I have been thinking about a lot at the moment. Without wanting to get to heavy or depressing, we are living in very disruptive times within our nation and within the world. There are many cultural shifts happening. With that, comes a great deal […]
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Expanding Our Horizons
This afternoon I took the opportunity to do some Pastoral Visiting. As one of my visits finished a little earlier than planned and it was too early for my next, I sat on sea front and enjoyed the view. I found myself looking at and thinking about the horizon. We can see it as […]
Catching my breath
You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from. True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. (Psalm 23 vs. 2 – 3 The Message) As some of my regular readers will know, our family have been going through […]
Difficult News
Today I shared some difficult news with the fellowship at Pier Avenue and, I think it is only right to share it with you. Over the past few weeks, things have been coming to a bit of head for me. During this time, I read a passage from the Bible that really made me angry. […]
Dashed Hopes
One of those passages I love to read at this time of year is known as the Road to Emmaus, you can find it in Luke’s Gospel chapter 24 vs. 13 – 35. That was my daily reading today. There are so many ideas that come out of this passage it is incredible but, there […]
Getting in the way
It’s Holy Week. A time, usually, of rush and hurry for those of us involved in leading Churches. This year, I have been well prepared. Sermons are written and services are planned. Just for the record, I am not sat with my feet up! There are appointments in the diary What I really wanted to […]
Walking a dark path
Over these past few weeks, our family has been travelling down some pretty dark paths and, if I am brutally honest, I have found life to be a bit of a struggle. My biggest frustration as a parent and grandparent is that I would do anything to protect my children and, in our current situation, […]
Having A Duvet Day
(Icon of the Transfiguration by Theophanes 15th Century) I awoke yesterday morning with a splitting headache and feeling really groggy. The past few days had been very busy and I was feeling quite jaded. There was nothing else for it, I awarded myself a duvet day! Just so you are clear, it was my […]
Perform a U-Turn
I believe that one of the greatest inventions of all time is the Sat-Nav. I tend to do a fair amount of driving and the Sat-Nav has proved invaluable in getting me from point A to point B in an efficient and quick manner. I remember the good old days when you had to […]
Specks, Planks, Smudges and Sneers
Judgments. We all make them. There are times in life we have to. I need to judge which products I buy, which route I take and how I tackle a particular task. There is another kind of judgement. We all make them. There are times in life when, I look at another and […]