A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 19
To learn that God loves to watch us do what we love to do to prosper the work of the Gospel brings a great freedom and makes ‘drudgery divine’.
Author: suffolkvicar
A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 18
‘Praying without ceasing’ and ‘rejoicing in the Lord always’ can seem to be a counsel of perfection. However unless we manage to carry our ‘Trysting Place’ with us the world wil remain lost and loveless.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 17
We are not meant to fight out the ‘fidgets of our faith’ alone. Each of us is enriched if we can find a ‘Trysting Place’ and a trusted freind where and with whom we may find rest for our souls.
The Tower of Siloam, Al Noor Mosque & Grenfell
When bad things happen to good people, be it in Siloam, Christchurch or Grenfell we are tempted to question God’s care for the faithful. Yet the response of Jesus to disaster is ‘repent.’ What does he mean or is he just being mean?
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 16
Be it our Baptismal Promises or the words of a Solemn Profession all these words welcome us into the same Family of God. We must use them to remind us to fall more in love with our Beloved and with each other.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 15
Speaking God’s Word hurts, but it also hurts to keep silent. Learning when to speak and when to keep silent is always a Chance to Die.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 14
The Body of Christ shines brighter when we learn to not insist on always having something to say on everything and that we do not always have to have the first or last word in every conversation.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 13
To tend the griefs of our past we need to find ways of holding them close and making them part of our future. Loving as Jesus loves gives us the hope to turn pain into forgiveness.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 12
Living Lent, and our faith fully, is not solely about saying ‘no’ to the things that hold us back but also saying ‘yes’ to the love of God that calls us forward.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 11
The journey of faith is always a journey of making our ‘confession’. Wherever we are whenever we turn Godward we cannot but reveal who we are and humbly ask for our faith to be deepened.
Suffolk Vicar 