Something I pray:
Lord,
Take me where
you want me to go,
Let me meet
who you want me to meet,
Tell me what
you want me to say,
And keep me out of your way.(Revd Mychal Judge OFM
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Monthly Archives: December 2009
A talkative angel… at Christmas
It’s funny how sermons can change… I barely mentioned donkey’s on Christmas morning! And I’d been led to believe the smallish congregation wouldn’t have many kids… and of the nearly 40 people 18 were children… at least 8 of them … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, deer, extension, Gospel-Luke, Minstead
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Sparce Christmas and no donkey
One of the decisions we made early on in the building process, was that we would not have any Christmas decorations up this year – so no tree, only a few cards up (the one permanent string that hangs cards … Continue reading
Posted in life, theology - how God fits in
Tagged advent, Christmas, Gospel-Luke, Minstead, St. Peter's Yateley
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Technical problems and questions
I’ve been a bit off-line for the last week. Firstly it wasn’t helped by the laptop developing corrupted Windows. Was it a virus – even the shop it came from wasn’t sure, but a complete overwrite was necessary, so woops … Continue reading
Responding with commitment – those Winchester cuts!
Last Sunday every congregation in the Diocese of Winchester should have had read to them in full, the Pastoral Letter issued by Right Revd’s Michael Scott-Joynt (Bishop of Winchester – pictured) and Trevor Willmott (outgoing Bishop of Basingstoke). It followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Diocese of Winchester, St. Peter's Yateley
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Preparing the way – positives and negatives in prison
I spent yesterday morning with a few other Mothers’ Union members and 5 really welcoming chaps I’d never met before – in the surroundings of the West Hill Wing Chapel of HMP Winchester. The Chapel serves the men who are … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Gospel-Luke, prison, St. Paul's Letters
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The Alpha and Omega of our extension
It’s been a while. What started on 3rd August finally finished on Wednesday 2nd December – 4 months exactly. It’s over, the extension is complete. The porter-loo finally departed yesterday! And, it’s quite a transformation as you can see from … Continue reading
