ponderings
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An improvised poem, spontaneously devised and recorded as I prepared St Mary’s, Boston Spa to livestream the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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“Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.” — Bernard of Clairvaux What follows was written a good few years ago, but as my first post of this new blog, I hope it gives some idea as to why…
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Sunday 27th September 2026 Rhythm of Life series – teaching after the sermon, Luke 17: 11-19 Last week our Rhythm of Life focus was on Generosity, and we thought about how thankfulness, counting our blessings and recognizing God’s generous love to us is the beginning of our hearts becoming more like God’s own – generous,…
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Creation in Christ, Sunday 6th September 2026 Collect: O God and Father of all that was, is and ever shall be, help us to be thankful for all that is made at the hands of your Son and through the wisdom of your Spirit, that we may care in heart and in deed for the life…
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On the morning of Her Majesty’s Funeral
An improvised poem, spontaneously devised and recorded as I prepared St Mary’s, Boston Spa to livestream the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Being an online prophet.
“Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.” —…
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Bearing one another’s communication burdens
Where churches and workplaces alike are trying to address accessibility, this is long overdue and much needed. But recently, the accessibility of communication has come…
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How does God’s love spread?
Sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Trinity, 14th June 2026 – Exodus 19.2–8a Matthew 9.35 – 10.8 How does the love of God spread in…
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The bombed cathedral and the praying student
Sermon for Sunday 21st June 2026 Matthew 10: 24-39 Early on Monday morning this week, a Russian missile struck Kiev’s Dormition Cathedral in and ancient…
