I read an Australian news feed summarising the issues of the day. There are times you can’t help but laugh. Yesterday (7th July) was World Chocolate Day. Today starts Diabetes Week (sponsored by Diabetes Australia). Were they accidentally together? Did Diabetes Australia choose the…
This week … words from someone else … Teresa of Avila (1515 – 1582) … which I found challenging. It is needless for me to warn you against the earthly peace which comes from honours, be-cause the poor never meet with much honour. However,…
The European Lutheran Conference came and went just over three weeks ago. What is the European Lutheran Conference? Here is the material in the Brief History given out at each meeting. (The emphases are in the original.) After the Second World War, the confessional…
I do a lot of driving. And yes, we did a fair bit of driving exploring Crete – only the western ‘half’ – and adjusting to driving on the right side of the road is always fun! (We did have a nice time away.)…
You just shake your head at times, perplexed, bewildered at how things could be the way they are. I was shocked – and then I was surprised that I was shocked! – at the Aid Workers scandal where some people ostensibly there to help…
We wish the Duke and Duchess of Sussex well. I was in a meeting all day yesterday so I missed the big event but I’ve now seen a few clips and pictures of the occasion. Sunshine, celebrations, happiness, ‘love is in the air’ ……
O God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. Since Pastor George is away I’ve been left in charge of getting the bulletin ready. I decided to work with…
At yesterday’s Remembrance Day ceremony at Mildenhall there is a brief moment for a comment or reflection. Usually this is to the school children present but yesterday was Saturday. The comment is to be brief – one point – somewhere between one and two…
It was a good week attending the Churches Together in England’s ‘Responding to the Reformation’ Conference representing the ELCE and then on Thursday attending a meeting of Lancashire Church Leaders and speaking at their service of commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation…
There is a new issue of The British Lutheran out. Finally. It has been the one ELCE task I do that gets ‘put off’ the most. While it is important, it often misses out because it is not urgent (and it is considerably time…
