Johnny and Hannah

 
Today has contained a number of frustrations, not least of all scraping the car and bursting the rear tire. In itself no big deal, but combined with accidentally deleting some stuff I needed on my mac (arragh), dealing with uniforms covered in paint and burning the kids’ tea, I’m ready for another holiday!
Am [...]

do you ever find yourself discovering new words?
liking new sounds?
enjoying new meanings?
struggle with the spelling, but really getting the meaning?!
here’s a recent new favourite piece of vocab of mine….
‘incorrigible’
–it’s an adjective

1.
not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behaviour;

2.
impervious to constraints or punishment; willful; unruly; uncontrollable:

3.
firmly fixed; not [...]

A bundle of nine of us from Sawyers went to Norwich mid-week to engage with life, ministry and marriage stuff. This was hosted by Gordon-and-his-aqua-wife-Gail McDonald; their intensity and general approach despite some helpful content resulted in only a 4/10 score for me…. Here are some of the nuggets from the time shared,…
Reserve your primary [...]

Does anyone out there watch the West Wing? It’s a firm favourite of mine at the moment and the battle for the democratic candidate kept me gripping my seat as I completed series six. Jimmy Smits entered the fray as the likeable and “would get my vote any day” Matthew Santos and I am about [...]

In my wonderful, diverse and complex part life…. is the privilege of  accompanying, listening, inputing, challenging, praying and questioning! I love to trace what God, by His Spirit does in people’s lives…. and to think that people still think that ‘vicars are invisible for the other-six-days!!’

Here’s a new way of saying what I love to [...]

We’ve been coming into a mini-revolution as to how Grace impacts all of our lives….. Its reaching more people in more ways than a human life could wish for….You’d almost think it’s a God-thing!! Grace continues here!
Here were a few gems that came through in Sunday life…. Genesis 22:2 followed by the words of CH [...]

here’s three to pick from!
As prescribed by one of our deacons:- Psalm 34 v 18 in The Message is just so brilliant ; -
“If you’re kicked in the gut, God will help you catch your breath”
Kenda Creasy Dean in her characteristic brillance:-
“Youth look to the church to show them something. Most of the time [...]

not that us low-church-people would forget….(!!) but since the turn of the month: i’ve been reflecting a bit on Ephesians 1,… and with this season of ascension I’m really appreciating this liturgical-prayer, so I share it with you…
May the eyes of your heart be opened to the nature of God: who is source, Saviour and [...]

I feel like I’m often out on a limb…..!
I think most of us walk the line between passion and peacefulness. We play it too safe because we fear failure and criticism. I think most of us wake up every day with the goal of not looking bad or bringing unwelcomed attention to ourselves. But I’ll [...]

Here’s how a conversation from last week went…
Noah:- ‘Can you be good always….?’
Esther;- ‘I’m not sure…..’
Mum;- ‘Not always, but God forgives,….’
Noah;- ‘but, can she (Mum) ever be bad…?!!’
Yours grappling with the doctrine of sin and delightful children of the covenant! Agggh what a theological juggle! Roll on the promised-day of sinless-perfection…!

APOLOGIES;- This photo is [...]