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A vicar from Suffolk who writes things down to stop him endlessly talking about them
Being and Doing – 28 March – As Our Day so is our Strength
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Being and Doing – 28 March – As Our Day so is our Strength

March 28, 2023March 14, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

We have no right to say of any good work, it is too hard for me to do;  or of any sorrow, it is too hard for me to bear;  or of any sinful habit, it is hard for me to overcom

Being and Doing – 27 March – Present Opportunities
Being and Doing · Sermon

Being and Doing – 27 March – Present Opportunities

March 27, 2023March 14, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

The best place is wherever he puts us, and any other would be undesirable, all the worse because it would please our fancy, and would be of our own choice.

Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 29
#ProwlingLion · Church of England · Felixstowe · Growing in God · Lent · poem · Prayer · Screwtape

Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 29

March 27, 2023March 26, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

The lesson I need to learn, and perhaps a few other readers who like me allow themselves to be hag-ridden by their vocations, is the one about to whom my time and days really belongs…

Being and Doing – 26 March – Daily Consecration
Being and Doing

Being and Doing – 26 March – Daily Consecration

March 26, 2023March 14, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

…leaving the future always in God’s hands, sure that He can care for it better than we.  Blessed trust!

Giving Water for the Dead – A Sermon
Bible Study · Church of England · Growing in God · Sermon

Giving Water for the Dead – A Sermon

March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

Jesus weeps. Whenever any of us contemplates, conspires, and commits any sin, knowing that this sends us on a downward spiral towards a death as certain as that of Lazarus.

Being and Doing – 25 March – Power to Serve
Being and Doing

Being and Doing – 25 March – Power to Serve

March 25, 2023March 14, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

IF we measure our work for God by our own ability to do it, we must not be surprised if God takes us at our word, and the results are small;

Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 28
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Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 28

March 25, 2023March 24, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

If we chose to love only when we have a reason to love it becomes a tool instead of a gift and a bribe instead of a pledge of devotion.  
That is not love it is lust masquerading as concern.

Lux, Vita, Caritas – A Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent
Church of England · Felixstowe · Lent · Sermon

Lux, Vita, Caritas – A Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent

March 24, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

Little by little, act of kindness by act of kindness, teardrop by teardrop, we, often seen as the powerless, have the possibility and the power to transform rejection, prejudice and judgment into ‘Something Beautiful for God’

Being and Doing – 24 March – Small Things
Being and Doing

Being and Doing – 24 March – Small Things

March 24, 2023March 14, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

VERY slight deeds and words may have a sacramental efficacy, if we can cast our self-love behind us in order to do and say them.

Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 27
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Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 27

March 24, 2023March 23, 2023 suffolkvicarLeave a comment

The journey through Lent is about fasting from things that are harmful.  Being over particular, even if it is only in a ‘small’ way which ‘everyone’ should understand, is often about greed rather than denial

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