Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 8
Nothing good, in God’s eternal plan, comes from war. However it is during war that I think we are most aware of our frailty, our failings and our capacity for cruelty.
Category: Growing in God
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 7
…if we are ever to grow in our prayer life, each of us needs to learn how to dive deeper into the pool of God’s love and revelation. For it is in this way that we finally wake up from the false dream of ‘a sense of supplication’ into a deeper relationship with the God of love
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 6
We need to learn that each of us is responsible for our own faith and it can never be the fault of an out-of-tune choir, a poorly prepared sermon, or a colicky baby in the children’s area, if we do not draw close to God.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 4
The solution for being sinned against (perceived or real) can never be to sin back but can only ever be the free-will offering of forgiveness and love.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 3
How do we avoid allowing the habits and actions of others to become centres for sin in our own life?
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 2
There are many other ways to enliven ‘rote’ prayers and each of us will find that which helps us focus best on the intention rather than the list. It is a good discipline to re-visit our prayer routines frequently so that they are about the life-giving Spirit and do not become a dead letter.
Not Quite What I Had Expected
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?
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?
Pecking Order
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
AS the Church of England begins to receive the Living in Love and Faith Resources this blog reflects on the reason the process began.
Suffolk Vicar 