I’ve just come back from a labyrinths day at the beautiful St Deny’s Church in Evington, Leicestershire. A quintessentially English church yard filled with forget-me-nots, a modern parish centre filled with lovely people, and a sunny day filled with prayer, peace and biscuits. Bliss! But building labyrinths is quite a physical activity (lots of crawling … More Vines at St Denys
We had a bunch of fab baptisms in church this week. Liturgical whoop whoop! So if you want twenty minutes of uplifting youtube that’s not parrots playing the xylophone, you can listen to the testimonies from t = 60mins and watch the baptisms from t = 77mins The preach, from about t=45, is also good. Totally … More Sheepy Stuff + Water
This is our “not-our-cat” cat. He is about nine months old, and filling out to be quite a chunky boy. He regularly meets me when I return from the school run, and has appointed me as his trainer in hunting skills. We both have a good time! The grasses/palm leaves/pieces of string, not so much. … More How To Confuse A Cat – Look, See, Pray
OK, I know Palm Sunday isn’t about that sort of palm, but since we all have that sort of palm, why not use them? Click here [A Handy Guide to Easter] for my handy-dandy guide to telling the Easter story with the help of your hands. Everyone can join in with the actions – not just … More Palms!
As a keen new Christian, I learned passages off by heart. Jeremiah 31:31-34 was one of the first and is still a favourite. Here we find the whole gospel in a nutshell: God loves us unconditionally but we didn’t love him back. God showed us how to live right, but we didn’t do it. God … More Jer 31:31-34 – Nuts!
Oh Yes! I promised and I have delivered! Hang on to your hamsters, ‘Flectioneers, and behold the awesomeness that is The Fab Easter Foldable! Cue trumpets, cheerleaders and confetti cannon. (Have I bigged that up too much do you think?) Anywho, I think this is pretty neat and I spent AGES over the hols getting … More Fab Easter Foldable
Wow! What a blockbuster set of readings today: The Ten Commandments (with Charlton Heston at the ready), Psalm 19 (cue Haydn “The hea-vens are tel-ling the gl-o-ry of God”), 1 Cor 1’s “God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength,” and finishing up with Jesus kicking over the … More The Big Ten
What do you see first? The solid block of a mountain? Or the feathery streams of the waterfall? In the background, patches of snow adorn the distant ridge. Here in the fjords of Norway, I’m pulled towards the epic adventure saga of “The Lord of the Rings” by JRR Tolkien. I half expect to see elven … More Not all who wander are lost – Look, See, Pray
We have a guest post today: an extract from the Gospel according to Fred Dibnah. You’ll find that below, along with a short video (in case you don’t know who Fred Dibnah is), some thoughts on the 1 Cor passage and your liturgy resources, as ever. I would also like you to rejoice with me … More The Gospel According to Fred Dibnah
Have you ever looked around the people in your church and thought “There’s something a bit … fishy about them”? I know I have. But, just like when I sit in a traffic jam complaining about the congestion to which I am contributing, I am one of the fishy ones, too. But take heart, gentle reader, … More Fishy People
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