The Fourth Sunday in Lent

I write this ‘blurb’ having just seen photos of some our grandchildren meeting each other in Australia for the first time. Yes, the English one has just arrived – with her parents 😉 – and will eventually join Charlotte and more family. There’s a…

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The Third Sunday in Lent

The Churches Together in England Forum 2022 was held this past week. Usually held every three years (unless a pandemic gets in the way) this is a gathering of 51 member churches (the ELCE became a member in 2011), ecumenical county bodies, and 71…

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The Second Sunday in Lent

One of the pastoral options I set for seminarians to consider in my Pastoral Practice course is the analysis of and the pastoral care that follows when a pastor hears from a grandmother that she has baptised her granddaughter when bathing her using the…

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The First Sunday in Lent

Is it just me or are we just getting hit by one thing after another?” Charlotte and I were chatting. I had recently returned from visiting the police who were dealing with yet another troublesome domestic situation but at the same time they mentioned…

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