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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Category Archives: ministry
Don’t get thrown out the party! Philippians 4:1-9 Matthew 22:1-14
It could be quite fun to be able to say that I know what it feels like to be thrown out of a party, but sadly I don’t. At college in the 80s I’d make all the effort, put my … Continue reading
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Tagged Food Banks, forgiveness, Gospel-Matthew, justice, parables, Philippians, purity, St. Paul's Letters, truth
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Celebrating God’s creation #Harvest Deuteronomy 8:7-18 and Luke 12:16-30
The hidden gem of the Parish of Eversley and Bramshill is that there is a mission chapel in the woods at Bramshill, where the locals still gather to worship once a month. It seats 24 – in old cinema seating … Continue reading
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Tagged Bramshill Mission Chapel, Changi, creation, Eric Cordingly, generosity, Gospel-Luke, harvest, life, Old Testament
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Harvest prayers #VisitorChaplain #WinchesterCathedral
One of the particularly lovely bits of my monthly cycle of ministry is acting as a Visitor’s Chaplain at Winchester Cathedral. My normal pattern of activity during a shift is to perambulate the Cathedral, chatting to fellow volunteers (often guides) … Continue reading
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Tagged chaplaincy, craftspeople, creation, harvest, prayer, visitors, Winchester Cathedral
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By whose authority are we living? Matthew 21:23-27
So this week provided the chance to talk about baptism at a baptism… sometimes I just love the lectionary! And I didn’t fall off the plinth the font is on either… In our Bible reading this morning, it’s Holy Week. … Continue reading
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Tagged authority, baptism, forgiveness, Gospel-Matthew, John the Baptist, justice, St. Mary's Eversley
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Doing the right thing – Matthew 11:16-19, 25-end Romans 7:15-25
Doing the right thing doesn’t involve un-necessary guilt. I have a constant and irritating problem, and it involves a computer. Well, to be precise my laptop and our printer. Quite regularly the former will not talk to the latter, in … Continue reading
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Tagged failure, forgiveness, Gospel-Matthew, guilt, love, Romans, sacrifice, sin, St. Paul's Letters, Ten Commandments, the Law
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Receiving Jesus, Being Jesus – Matthew 10:40-42 and Romans 6:12-end
Some words shared with the lovely people of St. Mary’s Eversley on this first morning of my deployment, when the Gospel seemed appropriately themed to ‘welcome’. Of surprisingly personal interest among the welcoming congregations were a couple we last shared … Continue reading
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Tagged community, Gospel-Matthew, Romans, slavery, St. Mary's Eversley, welcome
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Leaving the family – Romans 6:1-11 and Matthew 10:24-39
Last Sunday it was time to leave St. Mary’s Old Basing and Lychpit for pastures sort of new in Eversley. I’ve been so busy since picking up the threads and meeting new people that I’ve not stopped to say thank … Continue reading
Be heroes of hope – Matthew 9:35-10:8 and Romans 5:1-8
Today has been the last time for the foreseeable future in which I will support the North Hampshire Downs Benefice before my deployment to Eversley. All ‘lasts’ are tough, but after a week visiting the battlefields of Flanders to a … Continue reading
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Tagged equality, Flanders, Gospel-Matthew, hope, hosting, isolation, peace, reconciliation, Romans, social deprivation, St. Paul's Letters
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Growing in new ground: deployed curacy
I wrote my last essay two weeks ago, handed in my training portfolio a week ago, and today it was announced that I am on the move, ministerially speaking. I see the Bishop to conclude the formal element of my … Continue reading
Praying in Advent through five festivals
Regular readers will be aware that I’m currently on placement in the North Hampshire Downs Benefice. One of the mini-projects that I’ve been focusing on is leading the prayer element of a couple of Prayer Suppers in the Parish of … Continue reading
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Tagged advent, Ascension, Christmas, Good Friday, Pentecost, prayers
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