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While away on holiday last week, we visited Barnstaple. Heading away from the pedestrianised shopping street, back to where we had parked the car, we walked along Joy Street. The sign on the end of the road had a rusty screw loose. It also had a bit of a cobweb. The weather was damp andContinue reading “A place of joy?”

The passage I used for the phone line prayer meeting the other morning, Thursday the 2nd July, was from Genesis 28. Jacob uses a stone for a pillow, has his dream of angels ascending and descending, recognises the presence of God, and turns the stone into a marker anointing it with oil, declaring the placeContinue reading “In God’s house?”

Outside our back door there are a couple of chard plants that we bought a year or two ago at a school fayre in Scaynes Hill. Recently in the sunny weather they have been growing taller and taller. They have huge shiny green leaves and a yellow stem. One of the plants has now reachedContinue reading “Bow down for those bowed down”

I’ve just been out with our Labrador, for a walk. It was a time of much needed physical and mental activity for both of us, and the vitamin D through the glorious sunshine is beneficial too. Walks though have become a little strange, every so often it is not him that stops to sniff, butContinue reading “Walking by on the other side”

It’s bed time! Actually long after it, and I’m nearly heading up the stairs but look at that moon, big and bright how can anyone tonight simply turn in when the wonder of the creator is displayed so brilliantly above, so instead of simply allowing the dog out for a brief wander in the garden,Continue reading “The Moon by Night”

How much value do we put in earthly things, including our places of worship? Here’s a passage from Holy Week As Jesus was leaving the temple, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Look, Teacher! What massive stones! What magnificent buildings!’ ‘Do you see all these great buildings?’ replied Jesus. ‘Not one stone here will be leftContinue reading “The Church”

On this Monday of Holy Week we often bring to mind how Jesus went into the temple and turned the tables over, he disturbed the complacency of unjust society and challenged the people of Jerusalem to consider what is important. What might have been important to us a couple of months ago in early FebruaryContinue reading “A house of prayer”

Back in January I mentioned in a sermon the annual “big garden bird watch” by the Royal Society of the protection of Birds. Today they have announced their top 10, and the bird in the number one spot is not really a surprise, the House Sparrow has also held that place for the past 16Continue reading “Birds of the air”

Great news to hear this morning that the Haywards Heath foodbank will be operational again, next week, through deliveries to those most in need. They say…. An electronic voucher will be required and can be generated from Schools, GPs, Family Support Services, Housing Associations and other Support providers, . The voucher will be processed electronically,Continue reading “Foodbank Update”

Sunday, the 29th March, 2 days ago, marked the 5th anniversary of my induction at Lindfield URC. On that day before Palm Sunday 2015, the church was packed to the rafters. Photos from that day show family, friends, and members of the congregations I had in my 10 years of being in Northampton. They alsoContinue reading “5 Years on ..,,”