Stuff about me
I am a Church of Scotland minister living by the sea. This blog holds my current ramblings on faith ... life and all the random clutter in my head. My old blog from June 2006 – August 2010 was called Rumours of Angels. It is now private view only. If you would like permission to view just leave a comment.
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
… words for today
It takes two things for prayer to come to pass – a person and a word. Prayer involves right relationship between those two things. But we have lost that relationship. Involved as we are in many relationships, our relationship to … Continue reading
Challenge of our times…
I thought I would post this picture again. It challenges me on so many different levels. None of us want to be responsible for emptying a church! But it is not enough just to keep it open either… simply to … Continue reading
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The sermon… how was it for you?
Following closely on from this post earlier in the week … I loved this cartoon by Dave Walker. So how was it for your congregation today?
Faith is…
“Faith is different from theology because theology is reasoned, systematic, and orderly, whereas faith is disorderly, intermittent, and full of surprises…. Faith is homesickness. Faith is a lump in the throat. Faith is less a position on than a movement … Continue reading
Disclaimer…
This made me smile today And I post it for all who are beginning to think about their sermons for this coming Sunday!
Place…
Continuing on a poetry theme… I came across this by Brian Turner while I was blog hopping: Once in a while you may come across a place where everything seems as close to perfection as you will ever need. And … Continue reading
… the light that fills the world.
Today we head home from holiday suitably chilled. So – to mark the end – another poem and some more pictures: I think over again my small adventures my fears those small ones that seemed so big For all the … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, Hope, photographs, Poetry, Prayer, weather
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this amazing day…
The weather is not quite right for this beautiful hymn of gratitude by e.e. cummings, but it lets me post some more holiday pictures from one of the two sunny days of the week i thank You God for most … Continue reading
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Mindful…
Some of our holiday pictures… from the one day of sunshine which we spent in St Abbs and Coldingham Bay – beautiful places which brought to mind this poem by Mary Oliver: Every day I see or hear something that … Continue reading
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Older…
Now that I have reached the big 50 – this really says it all (Thanks ASBO) But at least there was cake! and a new toy
