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A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Being and Doing – 3 January – Purpose
Being and Doing

Being and Doing – 3 January – Purpose

January 3, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

Our purpose in life is not served by fine clothes but by good morals

Being and Doing – 2 January – Purpose
Being and Doing

Being and Doing – 2 January – Purpose

January 2, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

Being and Doing – 2 January – Purpose A SACRED burden is the life ye bear, Look on it, lift it, bear it solemnly: Stand up and walk beneath it steadfastly; Fail not for sorrow, falter not for sin, But onward, upward, till the goal ye win. KEMBLE For what we see in that life… Continue reading Being and Doing – 2 January – Purpose

Being and Doing – 1 January – The Higher Life
Being and Doing

Being and Doing – 1 January – The Higher Life

January 1, 2023January 2, 2023 suffolkvicar1 Comment

George Eliot writes about true happiness being found when we care for others as well as ourselves

Not Quite What I Had Expected
Christmas · Church of England · Felixstowe · Growing in God · Media Article · Sermon

Not Quite What I Had Expected

December 25, 2022 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

When it comes to the birth of a child things are never ‘Quite what we had expected’
But even when things go wrong God has a plan

What’s the Time Mr Wolf?
Church of England · Felixstowe · Growing in God · poem · Sermon

What’s the Time Mr Wolf?

November 26, 2022 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

It’s all in the timing?
Is the Christian faith about ‘Pie in the Sky when you die’ and waiting for that day to arrive or is it about living eternity now?

Mercy in the Middle
Amy Grant · Bible Study · Church of England · Media Article · Prayer · Sermon

Mercy in the Middle

November 16, 2022 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

Survivors of Sexual Abuse carry their wounds, often hidden deep within them, for the whole of their life. What hope for healing is there for them, for the church, and for a society that blames victims rather than their attackers?

Always
Bible Study · Church of England · Felixstowe · Prayer · Religious Life · Sermon · The Society of St Francis

Always

October 15, 2022 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

The point of prayer is not the sort or type of prayer.
The point of prayer is the fact of prayer. God does not measure our prayers by their wordiness, orthodoxy or chance of success but simply by them being made

Pecking Order
Bible Study · Church of England · Felixstowe · Franciscan · Growing in God · Sermon · The Society of St Francis · Walking in the Footsteps of Christ

Pecking Order

August 27, 2022 suffolkvicar1 Comment

Jesus commands us to invite only those who cannot repay us but whoever we invite to eat with us there is always a price to be paid.

Sacrificing Children to Molech
Church of England · Growing in God · LGBTI · Suicide

Sacrificing Children to Molech

July 25, 2022February 7, 2026 suffolkvicar1 Comment

AS the Church of England begins to receive the Living in Love and Faith Resources this blog reflects on the reason the process began.

The Best Man for this Job…
Church of England · Felixstowe · Sermon

The Best Man for this Job…

July 24, 2022 suffolkvicar1 Comment

Suffolk have the first Woman doctor and mayor in Britain. Felixstowe continues that tradition as a local nurse takes up the chains of office.

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