Character and Conduct – 1 March – The Sin of Indifference
…lay aside, not all comfort – men have a right to that – but that excess of it which softens and enfeebles the soul
Category: Growing in God
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 15
Those of us who are in a position to be generous can easily fall into the trap of thinking that those who receive help should ‘like it or lump it’.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 14
We don’t want to look at the dark and dirty places but want to fill our magazines and screen with pictures of the glitzy and the glamorous to take our thoughts away from the pain of others. But looking away from something doesn’t make it disappear.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 13
As the good book reminds us, when we ask we will receive (Matthew 7v8) but this promise does not give us permission to take without asking nor use someone else’s precious possessions as our playthings.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 12
Too often the ones who should be ‘making plain the way of the LORD’ are cluttering it with Points of Order, procedural motions, and a general antagonism towards their siblings.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 11
Too often we find ourselves so busy and, to be honest, self-involved, that we can’t stop and check that everyone is really all-right.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 9
Having a friend to walk the journey with you does not mean that fear vanishes (Piglet is just as frightened as Pooh as they try to track down this ‘Hostile Animal’ but they travel together) but it does mean that anxiety is lessened, hearts beat less furiously and the journey continues.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 8
We can’t spend our whole lives reading ‘sustaining books’ whilst others work their fingers to the bone around us. In the Christian Life we cannot be Martha or Mary (Luke 10.38-42)[3] we must needs be both!
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 7
‘Getting thin’ as anyone slimming coach will let you know, takes a lifestyle change and learning a different attitude to ourselves as much as more care about our diet.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 6
I (we?) need to learn, unlike Pooh Bear, to be a little more nimble and better able to response to human need before selfish greed.
Suffolk Vicar 