The Broken Beautiful
Source: The Broken Beautiful
Eggslackly
I recall once an egg given to our children by a lovely generous woman called Diane when we were on holiday abroad. It was a Hershey's Easter Cross. It wasn't...
The Call
When someone in authority calls you on the telephone and you hear the words "please come as soon as possible", what are your thoughts? We live 120 miles from the...
Transitions in Life
As Lent approaches I find myself considering what to do for the next 46 days. As the days lengthen we are encouraged to give up something, notably chocolate and/or alcohol,...
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BBC sponsor vicious attack on transgender children
Post from another blog. This evening BBC2 broadcast a programme “Transgender kids: who knows best” ‘challenging the new orthodoxy that promotes affirmation (acceptance) of transgender children’. As a parent of...
Do we have time for this?
New Year's Resolutions, cleaning the house, putting away the Christmas decorations (yes we use a quasi-Methodist calendar, so ours have departed to the recesses of the garage for another year),...
Candidiate Selection
I hope that, within this blog post, I can provide snippets of information which will encourage those who feel God's calling to enter into ordained ministry within the Methodist Church...
Nativity – where are we in the scene?
Today many celebrate Jesus' birth. In some form of space-time continuum we may see both Jesus as a babe, with parents lovingly gazing at the crib, the Shepherds admiring the Christ-child and...
Football kits and the Church
Throughout the year it would appear to me, as one not versed in the liturgical colours, that ministers change their colours. We have white or gold for those times of...
What do you expect in a Cathedral?
“Not the atmosphere one would expect in a Cathedral” What do you expect to find in a cathedral? A fine building with impressive architecture, huge expansive windows resplendent with artistic...
TV and Advent
Do you remember? Those halcyon days when the days were good! Oh how those memories flood back. We ventured to Derby and their library to see an exhibition of past...