Precept and Practice – JUNE 16 – Self-pity
Pity may rightfully be exercised in any direction save one: toward self.
Category: Prayer
Precept and Practice – JUNE 15 – Barriers
And others, even if they are not in the best places for hearing, give themselves up to the music in sheer enthusiasm – which is the way to the stars, if not to the boxes.
The Mystery of the Fatherless Father’s Day – A Sermon
Proclaiming that the Holy Trinity is ‘Equal and Diverse’ demands that we be an equal and diverse church. This is as much a Creed as the lengthy doctrinal statement composed by St Athanasius which, as faithful members of this Church of England, we will (of course) read before we lay ourselves to rest this night on this Fatherless Father’s Day…
Precept and Practice – JUNE 14 – The Guiding Marks of a Wise Life
There is no use arguing with the inevitable; the only argument with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 13 – Moody and Miserable
…employ yourself in doing good, and mitigating the sorrows of others: while taking a thorn from the bosom of another, you will lose that which rankles in your own.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 12 – Clouds
The clouds themselves are children of the sun.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 11 – Low Spirits
It is the lifted face that feels the shining of the sun.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 10 – Misfortunes
There will always be minor cares and troubles for those who are at leisure to attend to them….
Precept and Practice – JUNE 9 – Melancholy
It is usually not so much the greatness of our trouble, as the littleness of our spirit, which makes us complain.
Precept and Practice – JUNE 8 – Brooding
Pessimism never conquered life, and never ennobled a character.
Suffolk Vicar 