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
d 9/11/2001)- #givingitup Acts advent All Saints Basingstoke BAP baptism Bereavement birdwatching Blackbushe blogs books butterflies Canon Andrew children Christmas commercialisation cricket crucifixion deer Diocese of Winchester discernment Easter eucharist extension faith family forgiveness formation funerals garden Good Friday Gospel-John Gospel-Luke Gospel-Mark Gospel-Matthew grace Greenbelt Holy Spirit Holy Week hosting insects Kingdom of God lay ministry Lent licensing love marriage Minstead mission New Forest offering for ordination Old Testament Old Testament - Psalms ordinand ordination ordination training Pentecost photography prayer priesthood reader training resurrection Romans sacrifice sailing St. Paul's Letters St. Peter's Yateley St Mary's Old Basing & Lychpit Uganda values wildflowers women bishops wordpress Yateley zen internet
Copyright
All the content and photographs (unless otherwise specified) are the property of the author. You are welcome to link to content and attribute to ramtopsrac.wordpress.com. Photos can only be used with permission.Ramtopsrac on Flickr
Recent Comments
- ramtopsrac on It’s Jesus’ job to walk on water – Matthew 14:22-33
- archangel53 on It’s Jesus’ job to walk on water – Matthew 14:22-33
- ramtopsrac on Growing in new ground: deployed curacy
- David C on Growing in new ground: deployed curacy
- Growing in new ground: deployed curacy | Because God Calls on Coming or going? A sermon for 2 parishes in vacancy (Heb 11:1-16 and Luke 12:32-40)
Category Archives: ministry
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
Posted in curacy, ministry, sermons, technical bits, theology - how God fits in
Tagged failure, forgiveness, Gospel-Matthew, guilt, love, Romans, sacrifice, sin, St. Paul's Letters, Ten Commandments, the Law
Leave a comment
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
Posted in curacy, ministry, sermons, theology - how God fits in
Tagged community, Gospel-Matthew, Romans, slavery, St. Mary's Eversley, welcome
Leave a comment
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
Posted in curacy, ministry, sermons, theology - how God fits in
Tagged equality, Flanders, Gospel-Matthew, hope, hosting, isolation, peace, reconciliation, Romans, social deprivation, St. Paul's Letters
Leave a comment
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
Posted in curacy, ministry, resources, theology - how God fits in, worship
Tagged advent, Ascension, Christmas, Good Friday, Pentecost, prayers
Leave a comment
If Jesus chose to return today? An Advent reflection
I’ve been preparing some Advent materials, and in doing so found this old reflection, dated November 2006, so as I started Reader Training and before this blog was started! It is by way of a response to the following questions: … Continue reading
Posted in ministry, resources, theology - how God fits in, worship
Tagged advent, poetry
Leave a comment
Luke 7:36-8:3 Serving and being served #HMQ90
On the occasion of national celebrations for Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday, I found my self covering a service of Holy Communion in a parish a mere five minutes from my home, rather than the usual 25 minute drive to Old … Continue reading
Posted in ministry, sermons
Tagged forgiveness, Gospel-Luke, Her Majesty The Queen, pharisees, sermons, service, St. Mary's Eversley
Leave a comment
Lenten Array (Sarum use) at St. Mary’s Old Basing
I was brought up with Lent being marked by church furnishings and vestments in a deep purple colour, the same as are used in Advent (and by some for funeral services). St. Mary’s Old Basing and Lychpit however is a … Continue reading
Reflection on Mary of Magdala (John 20)
Presiding in celebration of a Saint for the first time today, so needed to come up with some reflections on St. Mary Magdalene: Mary of Magdala, Mary Magdalene. The woman we remember today has had so much imposed upon her … Continue reading
