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journalling: July 2015
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Saturday, 25 July 2015. Matthew 10:5-9 (The Message). Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:. Don't think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. At the end of this month, I will celebrate the 20th anniversary of my Ordination to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. I have served those years in Health Care Chaplaincy, in rural ministry and in urban ministry. And now, a new challenge beckons. Since I first shared...
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journalling: April 2015
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Thursday, 23 April 2015. Being pulled up gently. Like a tender sapling. Claiming its own space. Before being replanted lovingly elsewhere. To bloom and to grow. Knowing the nourishment of good soil. Of caring and competent hands. Being ripped out of the earth. From a place of deep longing. With no way back. Uprooting comes in many ways. For some an every day occurrence. Accepted as a part of existence. For others, a fiercely resisted intrusion. Or an...
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journalling: Welcome to a brand new day...
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Friday, 8 May 2015. Welcome to a brand new day. Will the hungry be fed without the need for Foodbanks? Will the benefits system provide the safety net it lacks at present? Will the "never employed generations" be offered a way to meaning and value? Will austerity be banished? Post- Referendum, churches were asked to pray for peace and reconciliation. 8 May 2015 at 14:57:00 BST. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). FEEDJIT Live Traffic Feed. View my co...
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journalling: May 2015
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Musing today on how my Facebook news feed is filled with silly statuses. Probably because I'm involved in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The silliness is a counter balance to the gamut of emotions raised by GA business. No wonder I feel compelled to take refuge in some silliness! Thanking God for the love, inclusion and potential of the Church of Scotland, living stones for the nation and the world. Or that Food...
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journalling: Path of Renewal
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Saturday, 25 July 2015. Matthew 10:5-9 (The Message). Jesus sent his twelve harvest hands out with this charge:. Don't think you have to put on a fund-raising campaign before you start. At the end of this month, I will celebrate the 20th anniversary of my Ordination to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament. I have served those years in Health Care Chaplaincy, in rural ministry and in urban ministry. And now, a new challenge beckons. Since I first shared...
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journalling: March 2015
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Monday, 30 March 2015. The blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he cured them. But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the amazing things that he did, and heard the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became angry. There will always be those. Of the motives of others. Those who cannot see good. For what it is. And do their best. To suck the good out of. But love had - and has the last word. To we...
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journalling: January 2015
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Monday, 26 January 2015. I love the term en route. It carries so much promise. The hint of potential. An aura of mystery and maybe even intrigue. Of course it could describe. The usual morning commute. But even then, there is amazing possibility. Limited only by our imagination. That's where I am today. Wednesday, 14 January 2015. Tuesday, 6 January 2015. The Magi put their considerable wealth and experience. Behind their mission to follow the star.
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journalling: February 2015
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Saturday, 28 February 2015. Muttered under our breath. Spoken inside our head. Filling our agitated brains. Masking our less charitable thoughts. Shining from our eyes. Escaping through our smiles. Shaking through our laughter or tears. Rhythmic as our breathing. Pray - without ceasing. Friday, 27 February 2015. Happy are those who find wisdom,. And those who get understanding,. For her income is better than silver,. And her revenue better than gold.
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journalling: October 2014
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Wednesday, 1 October 2014. An element that tends to be overlooked and underestimated is the ministry of encouragement. Such a ministry is entirely possible and, I would contend, necessary, even as we grapple with new horizons. And, in that Spirit of discernment, can we catch too,the excitement and privilege it is to be at such a liminal point on the journey of faith and in the Decade for ministry. Liminal places are creative places. View my complete ...
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journalling: Hope
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Time out of a busy parish ministry to reflect on life. Saturday, 9 May 2015. This reflection was written for Spill the Beans. Before I knew that this would be the Sunday after a General Election in the UK but seems pretty apt for the season. For what do you hope? For what do you hope? Is it some future event? Something that can be planned, researched, engineered or financed? Like a cure for cancer? Or a way of regenerating brain cells destroyed in dementia? For what do you hope? For what do you hope?
