https://youtu.be/UIM76y4nM_A (and below for those who prefer the script) Living in a good part of town, having a view, a garden, seclusion, peaceful neighbours or simple access to local facilities: everyone has a slightly different view of the best place to live. But we are all agreed we all need somewhere to live, it is... Continue Reading →
Living Well: why it isn’t as simple as keeping the rules
https://youtu.be/5wkeuUv4_sg And for those of you who prefer reading than listening: How do we live well? Wouldn’t it work if we all just kept to the rules Keeping the rules is one way people believe life can be made to work well. We are all getting used to an ever-changing and hugely complex set of... Continue Reading →
Living Well you are feeling wobbly
https://youtu.be/1hoV4rUTgaI Here is the book I recommend in this video. Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (31 Oct. 2019) Language: English ISBN-10: 1529308380 And if you prefer to read rather than watch, here is the text: Living well when you are feeling wobbly So how do you live well when you are living in a precarious reality... Continue Reading →
What does it mean to ‘live well’ when we have to live with other people
https://youtu.be/QR19qBCX7Gk and for those who prefer to read rather than watch, here it is: Living well in community This morning as some of our lockdown restrictions begin to lift, many of us are asking ourselves what does it look like to live well in a community. As people begin to make choices and many... Continue Reading →
Farewell my lovely Mum
Today we laid mum to rest in with my Dad, in a beautiful cememtry in Sevenoaks. The sky was blue, the breeze soft and we began by listening to My Cathedral by Jim Reeves, (mum's choice, link to youtube version below). Well, that finished me off, before we'd even started. Today we didn't recall much... Continue Reading →
How can we believe in God at a time like this?
A video version of my answer - for those who prefer to watch... text underneath, if you prefer to read. https://youtu.be/-5OjQahLNRg You may have noticed that we (along with many others) are doing an awful lot of praying, our daily prayers are being posted up on our Facebook page and hopefully will also be on... Continue Reading →
How to pray #1 ‘the Greeting’
Often our time of prayer together begins with the words, In the name of the Father, and of the son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen What does this mean? My answer here: https://youtu.be/4Fb49F81sYI
How to Pray
Since the start of this crisis, we have been posting daily prayers on our church Facebook page. I am so glad to be sharing this task with others from our church family which is based at St Peter and St John's Church. If you click on the link above it will take you to our Facebook page... Continue Reading →
Some thoughts about Jesus coming into the world as a vulnerable child
Also my first attempt to load video to this blog!
‘Dead’, ‘bitter’ or ‘better’ – Three ways in which we will come through this crisis.
'All things pass' said Teresa of Avila. This too will pass. There are three ways in which we can emerge. We have some measure of control over the first way (but not a lot) but we have a bigger measure of control over the second two possible outcomes and that is why I'm writing this... Continue Reading →
