The Second Sunday of Easter
Ascension
I was intrigued to hear that from these past two years with COVID-19 a thing called ‘long grief’ is now being discussed which I discovered was a short hand for prolonged grief disorder. And yes, I was intrigued especially in this season of Easter – the seven weeks of Easter before Pentecost comes around – […]
Palm Sunday
Ascension
When Egeria travelled in the Levant (381-384) she recorded many things on her travels one of which was a description of the events in Jerusalem in Holy Week. There were many services, gatherings, walking to various places and on Sunday afternoon having gathered at the Mount of Olives for hymns, antiphons, and Bible readings there […]
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Ascension
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.” (Psalm 82:2-4 ESV) The psalmist, Asaph, is having a few words with […]
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Ascension
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 particularly lovely photo of two cousins hugging each other – the […]
The Third Sunday in Lent
Ascension
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 Bodies in Association (charities and organisations working in the community and […]
The Second Sunday in Lent
Ascension
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 emergency rite in the hymnal because her daughter (the baby’s mother) […]
The First Sunday in Lent
Ascension
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 the invasion of Ukraine and whether Putin was omni-destructive? Local and […]
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