Fr Simon's Secondhand Bookstall
Selling my books to make space (for more books)
This is the slideshow for this afternoon’s Infant School Assembly on the local community: showing a lot of old pictures of old Elson and seeing what is different, particularly around the heart of the community: the Church. Although things change over time, some things remain constant: the sense of community, love and care for this…
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Texts: 1 Timothy 6:6-19; Luke 16:19-31 In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen What do you think heaven is? A man and his sister were taking care of their father who was in the last stages of cancer, the man staying with their bed-ridden father during…
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Just released, another brilliant one-take video from OK, Go. Wonderful!
My annual Ordo (now in its 11th year!) in electronic form is now available for download at http://www.saintthomaselson.org.uk/143/ Optimised for Google Calendar, but will work inside Outlook, iCal and any program which understands the iCalendar format. I create this Ordo for my own use, so that I can have something to plan the services at…
On the whiteboard: a sketch of birds flying in the V formation Fact: As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird following. By flying in a “V” formation, the whole flock adds 71% to the flying range than if each bird flew alone. Lesson: People who share a common direction…
Sermon 12092010 Ordinary 24 Lost or you can stream it from http://www.saintthomaselson.org.uk/164/
I have been reflecting and writing on the Ministry that God entrusts to me (I must get out of the habit of writing my ministry because it has little to do with me, it is the work of the Lord than engages, enthuses and drives me) and so I thought I’d put it through Wordle…
In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Being pious has great capacity for irritating people. But people who are genuinely holy have immense power to attract others. In the Gospel for this week, Luke observes the way that the marginal, odd, and those neither virtuous nor…
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The Diamond Geezer writes largely about the London I love, and I love the sentiment and the colour of this… » back to work » back to school » back to routine » back to busy trains » back to a nip in the air » back to artificial sodium glare » back to oranges,…
As we gather: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HC-vdWONIrw Introduction “That’s not a knife,” “This is a knife!” Quickly disarmed, the hoodlums run for their lives. As I read the thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians, I see Paul somewhat like Crocodile Dundee. His words seem to say, “That’s not love … this is love!” Love is the Key to our relationship…
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