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Donkey Owner by David Holliday; a piece of prose written at our Lent Poetry Workshop just before Lockdown: Another day, another chance to make some money Enough to feed my…
THOUGHTFUL SPOT” - 29.03.20 - LENT 5 Ezekiel 37 vv.1-14: Ezekiel is given a vision of a valley of dry human bones; and is commanded by God to breathe new…
St Peter’s, Parkstone, 29th March 2020 Lent 5 I’ve seen it suggested that there are five possible responses to a crisis such as we’re experiencing now. Panic, which has seen…
Mothering Church Standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple…
In these recent weeks, there has been much said and written about touching and not touching. How should we go about touching, or not, in these times of heightened concern…
“THOUGHTFUL SPOT” - 08.03.20 - “Lent 2” Genesis 12 vv.1-4a: God tells Abraham to leave his country, his extended family and his inherited property and go to a country of…
PAT’S SERMON FOR LENT 1 2020 Into the Wilderness with Jesus And so here we are again, another Lent is already upon us And it seems like I’ve only just…
One of my favourite stories is the legend of how the Paua shell got its colours. It is a story from the indigenous people of NZ, the Maoris. The paua…
“THOUGHTFUL SPOT” - 16.02.20 - “2nd Sunday Before Lent” Genesis 1 vv.1 – 2 v.3: In six days, God created the universe with all its physical features, night and day,…