The First Sunday of Advent
In the 1970s after the time of the first Star Wars film there was a line about “You know you’re a Lutheran when … you hear ‘May the Force be with you’ and you reply, ‘And also with you’!”. It seems that these days…
Month: November 2015
The Last Sunday of the Church Year
‘Come, Lord Jesus, come into this weary world. Oh, how we long for you to come, Lord, come.’ (Robin Mann © 1976 20ATN) It’s easy to sing this song when we’re looking at the news. I dare say that has always been the case…
The Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost
I hadn’t thought about it before the question was asked ‘Which Charlie Brown character are you?’. At the moment there is interest in Charles M Schulz and ‘Peanuts’ with a new film and book to mark 65 years since ‘Peanuts’ began. But I hadn’t…
The Twenty-fourth Sunday after Pentecost
I am quite captivated by our first grandchild. (I do hope we take as many photos and film clips of the tenth or twentieth grandchild!) Ariana and her mother came to us after Claire’s wedding and they went home this week. (Jenny’s husband flies…
All Saints’ Day
As part of the follow-up from my trip to Israel and Palestine last April, I met yesterday at Cov-entry Cathedral with my fellow travellers. We are definitely an ecumenical group (I did say that it was nice that we were all together on the…