A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 35
Until we learn that ‘my’ vocation is as much God’s gift to others as it is to ourselves we will spend more time on caring for ourelves than for others and build a selfish ‘Georgy-Porgy’ theology.
Category: A Trysting Place
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 34
How we welcome lost lambs back into the Body of Christ says as much about us as it does about the penitent. We must beware, in so doing, of turning our God into a Judge rather than a Redeemer.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 33
We often sing ‘All are welcome. All are welcome, All are welcome in this place.’ but not everyoen feels they are. Why doesn’t the church open its doors to those who are ‘different?’
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 32
Sometimes lonely but never alone – the church is called to ensure that everyone knows they belong and call us from our ‘aloneness’ into community.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 31
In our busy-ness with all the work we do for the church we may easily forget our call and find ourselves surrounded by shepherdless sheep.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 30
It is easy to see our Beloved as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. It is very different when we realise that this means we are called to do the same…
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 29
The witness of the Church is hindered by unconfessed sin. The answer is not condemnation or exclusion but unconditional forgiveness.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 28
It is understandable that having found a Trysting Place where we can hear the love song of our Beloved we would want to remain there. But what use is that love if we keep it for ourselves alone?
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 27
Love can be a ‘many splendoured thing’ but it can also make our life complicated. Loving our Beloved first allows us to find serenity and a foundation from which we can bring love to a loveless world.
A Trysting Place – 40 Days in Brede Abbey – Day 26
Destined to become the Bride of Christ how do we ‘practice for Paradise?’ It is not about wearing a habit or practising a devotion but, wherever we are, turning our face to the Beloved each day and saying ‘yes.’
Suffolk Vicar 