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Tuning-in to God – Matthew 13 v1-9 and 18-23 Romans 8 v1-11

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

  I have spent much of this last few weeks listening. In the last week I’ve spent a few concentrated days fulfilling a long-standing commitment to take an annual personal retreat. I have sat in warm, dry surroundings and listened … Continue reading →

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Growing in new ground: deployed curacy

Posted on May 14, 2017 by

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 →

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For those wrestling with vocation and discernment (Phil 2:1-13)

Posted on February 6, 2014 by

This week I had the opportunity to lead worship in my college group. I used the reading for Morning Prayer that day which was Philippians 2:1-13 and adapted some worship from Celtic Daily Prayer from the Northumbrian Community themed for … Continue reading →

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Book Review: ‘He Never Let Go’ by Lynda Alsford

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

I bought ‘He Never Let Go’ by Lynda Alsford because Lynda was one of my early Twitter friends, and quite simply the snatches of her story that she had shared as she wrote the book intrigued me. It was only … Continue reading →

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On being challenged by my new Bishop

Posted on June 19, 2012 by

I spent time recently finding and replaying two videos of our new Bishop of Winchester, Right Revd Tim Dakin. Nominally this was for the benefit of my father, but it led me to some reflections of various sorts. The first video … Continue reading →

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Let us make the best of things – let us progress (towards women in the episcopate)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Tomorrow the executive of WATCH (Women and the Church) meet to decide on what their official response will be to the amended measures regarding the legislation on women bishops.  Last year as I journeyed through discernment and selection for training … Continue reading →

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To BAP, BAPing, I BAPed – encountering the verb of selection for ordination!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

Since announcing on Easter morning that I have been recommended for training for ordination, I have been meaning to explain a little of what happens at a Bishop’s Advisory Panel… known by it’s acronym of “BAP”. Conversations suggest that this … Continue reading →

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Four gifts of the resurrection – Luke 24:36-48 (and a testimony from discernment)

Posted on April 28, 2012 by

In the sermon that follows, you will find my personal testimony of Christ’s presence and peace, as I experienced it in Ely in the hours immediately before my recent Bishop’s Advisory Panel, the final stage in the process of selection for … Continue reading →

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Dare to Break Bread – a reflection from discernment

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Following on from my previous reflections (here and here) written in the last few weeks before my BAP, re-reading the following written some months earlier I find that there have been several echoes of my reflections on what Bishop Jonathan Frost … Continue reading →

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An authentic Lent – a reflection from discernment

Posted on April 13, 2012 by

With less than 5 weeks to go before my Bishop’s Advisory Panel (BAP), I came to Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent. This year I had no real need to ask myself what I could do to make the next … Continue reading →

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