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Tag Archives: God
The day approaches.
I seem to start most blog posts with, ‘I haven’t blogged for ages…’ This one is no exception to that. (I’ve also spotted that our holiday blog promptly ground to a halt. Maybe I’ll pick it up again one day…) … Continue reading
This is not a drill.
So, the day is almost here. On Sunday 27th June, at midday, I will be ordained deacon in Derby Cathedral by Bishop Libby Lane. (Assuming COVID doesn’t throw any more spanners into the works…) I’ve arrived at pre-ordination retreat (and … Continue reading
Unfolding purposes…
…the unfolding purposes of God, forever at work in ourselves and the world. Morning Service from the Iona Abbey Worship Book One of the benefits of lockdown has been that our church has done Zoom Morning Prayer every weekday. One … Continue reading
Finding God in Unexpected Places. Philip Yancey. [book]
Figured I’d ease back into blogging with a book review or two. My aim this year has been to read 52 books over the course of the year. I’ve slightly lost track (as with so many resolutions) but I know … Continue reading
Posted in Books to read, General, Uncategorized
Tagged book, finding God, God, grace, hope, life, Philip Yancey
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Wounded hands.
Every week during term time, a group of us from church go into a couple of local schools to do assemblies. It’s part of Bible Society’s Open the Book programme. It’s fun. Apart from the weekly difficulties of remembering which … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bible Society, Compassion, God, Great Big God, life, Open the Book, pastor, pastoral, pastoring, schools, struggle, suffering, tenderness, wounded, wounds
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Ordination 7 – The wait of expectation.
It’s a funny kind of time, really. The Diocesan Panel was on Saturday, and in a sense, there’s nothing I can now do as I wait for the letter to arrive this week (yes, I am familiar with the concept … Continue reading
Posted in Ordination
Tagged call, Calling, Church of England, Diocesan Panel, God, Ordination, waiting
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Ordination blog 4. God’s call.
I still can’t work out what to call these blogs. Ordination blogs? Calling blogs? Taking time to consider the possibility that I might have been called by God to priesthood in the Church of England blogs? But ordination blogs I … Continue reading
Posted in Ordination
Tagged Bible, Calling, Church of England, God, Ordination, Uncertainty
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And it was so.
Exciting stuff – last week I got a copy of David Suchet’s audio Bible. The entire NIV, read by David Suchet. A big project for him, but one he was keen to do for years, apparently. And if you want … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged And it was so, As you wish, Following, God, Instructions, Obedience, Princess Bride, Word
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Glorious, glorified.
Just a quick blog from me, to get me back into the swing of things… I was reading a Psalm yesterday, and this phrase was there at the beginning and end of the Psalm: O Lord our governor, how glorious … Continue reading
Ordination.
Ok, so I was struggling with a title. It’s Star Wars day, so I thought maybe I’d go for: — .-. -.. .. -. .- – .. — -. Because, you know, ‘use the Morse, Luke’. But I figured that … Continue reading
Posted in Ordination
Tagged Church, Church of England, DDO, future, God, life, ministry, Ordination, prayer, vicar, vocation
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