‘Permission to grow a set please, Sir’
I like wearing a beard,
I enjoy being complimented on my looks,
Why am I disturbed when my face is stroked?
The Little Sisters of the Hanging Pyx
Too essliy we forget our place and those who are the most importnat in God’s eyes. A poem from Felixstowe may help us recover our memory.
Growing in God – Reaping a Harvest
Christians are called to produce a harvest everyday not up st one Sunday a year. Everyone can begin this by getting closer to God and caring more for those around them.
Who are You?
In our desire for control we demand to know of others ‘who are you?’ Jesus tunrs our world upside down and asks us to give Him a name
Flying Free – The Way to Heaven’s Gate
Flying home to God is done most easily when you are carrying the least weight
Mark, the Multitude, and the Power of Emptiness
Mark’s Gospel can be frustrating as it seems ‘empty’ of any key teaching by Jesus. But it is out of the emptiness that a multitude is fed.
Learning to Live ‘From Now On’
Learning to Live ‘From Now On’. The Greatest Showman lives a different live to Herod the Greatest No-Man
A Story for Sea Sunday
Text of a speech prepared but not delivered at General Synod of Nuclear Non-proliferation – July 2018 Today is Sea Sunday and so a good day to tell a story about an old sea dog. I was named Andrew at birth not because I am the first born son of a proud Scot, nor even… Continue reading A Story for Sea Sunday
A Safe Place to Grow
Speech to General Synod on Safeguarding General Synod – 7 July 2018 Earlier this week a friend sent this tweet: ‘Church, we have got to stop introducing Safeguarding Training with comments like “Sorry, I’m afraid we have to go through the boring safeguarding stuff, it’s the rules” This is part of the problem. Friends for… Continue reading A Safe Place to Grow
Helping the Grass Grow Under Your Feet
Often we hinder the growth of God’s reign and become the fruitless faithful inhabiting dustbowl churches. How can we grow good?
Suffolk Vicar 