The Deanery weekend pilgrimage (to where? where else I ask you, other than the Shrine, the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham?) was a return for me to the heart of the pilgrimage. Celebrating a requiem at the Guild of All Souls is always important for me, bringing with me the prayers of those remaining […]
Sometimes you take a picture which just sums someone up. Messing around with my new 70-200mm lens on my Nikon D40. This taken at 145mm, 1/2000 Sec, f5.6. This is my favourite style of photography: candid, close portraits, black and white. This lens helps me get closer whilst being far enough away to not annoy the […]
I have to admit it, that the worst part of parishLife is the solitary Office: the grind of morning and evening prayer on your own. Yes, there is the beauty of the psalmody, and yes it is an opportunity for silent reflection, but frankly, I have always found it hard work: my faith does not […]
Text: Matthew 22:15-21 In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen You know you are in trouble when your enemies begin to flatter you: Kind words and Very Unkind Intentions. “Now, tell us, Jesus,” they continued, “is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?” By […]
You may recall that our Sunday’s Youth Group applied for a tranche of funding from the Youth Evangelism Fund. Emma produced this really cool animation which (apart from a single sheet of paper) was our entire application, presented on a DVD. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQmXu3LZhHQ Well, I got a phone call from Ben our Yuut Adviser today and […]
25 Wan eksport iina di Laa tan op fi tes Jiizas. “Tiicha,” im aks Jiizas, “Wa mi mos du fi liv fieva?” 26 “Wa rait dong iina di Laa?” Jiizas aks im. “ Yu andastan i?” 27 Di man se, “Lov di Laad Yu Gad wid aal yu aat, yu suol, schrent an main, an […]
http://www.freshexpressions.org.uk/section.asp?id=4000 When you have nothing – the sacrament is everything Blesséd aims to impact the lives of younger people who do not relate to some traditional forms of church, but with a more ‘ancient:future’ perspective than some other Fresh Expressions. Simon Rundell, Parish Priest for the church of Saint Thomas the Apostle, in Elson […]
Text: Matthew 22:1-14 In the name of the +Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Our gospel lesson this morning is another parable in a series of parables that Jesus taught about the kingdom of heaven. We had the parable about the father who had two sons: he asked one to […]
