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It’s good to be prepared and organised… to have our ducks in a row. However, sometimes, despite our greatest care, our ducks are out of line: Ducks of Disaster…   Earlier this week footballer Cristiano Ronaldo’s and his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez announced the birth of twins. Their little girl is well but their son diedContinue reading “Ducks Out Of Line”

‘Getting your ducks in a row’… getting all of the details of a plan prepared and organised… Musing… ‘Ducks in a row’… mother duck with ducklings following her… ducks flying in v-formation… Childhood memories… … firing air rifle pellets at ‘ducks in a row’ at the fair – targets moving on a conveyor belt systemContinue reading “Ducks in a Row”

Musing further on Alan Roxburgh’s ‘Joining God in the Great Unravelling’: ‘I’m continually invited to ‘see the face of Christ’ in the people I meet every day.’ King Solomon’s temple dedication: ‘When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices and the glory of the Lord filledContinue reading “Looking for God”

Musing… …The children’s fortune-telling rhyme: ‘Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich-man, poor-man, beggar-man, thief.’ …King Solomon ‘made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stone…’ In ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Tevye sings ‘If I were a rich man’, imagining… ‘Dear God, you made many, many poor people. I realise, of course, that it’s no shameContinue reading “Rich Man, Poor Man”

We need to review our wills. We keep putting it off… Musing…‘I, being of sound mind, do hereby declare…’ On ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ last weekend cheerful, cheeky, charming, 13-year-old Dante Marvin performed a comedy song about his illness. ‘I was born with brittle bone disease. I have broken 97 bones so far. I’ve come onContinue reading “I, Being Of Sound Mind,…”

It was our Easter service yesterday. The church was packed with people of all ages. The service included Jason’s baptism. He told his story, sharing his dark times and struggle with addiction. Earlier this year he moved to ‘Hope House’, a safe environment for men who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. He describedContinue reading “New Beginnings, New Hope.”

It’s Easter Sunday. The sun’s shining. It’s a happy day, with lambs, eggs, rabbits and spring flowers… But there’s more… Churches throughout the world will sing and speak with joy of an open, empty tomb, of a man who died and came back to life… But there’s more…  There will grand confessions of faith: ‘HeContinue reading “You Raise Me Up”

Traditionally Christians have celebrated Good Friday, remembering Jesus’ death and Easter Sunday remembering Jesus’ resurrection. Black Saturday… between Good Friday and Easter Sunday… is often forgotten… Black Saturday is a place of Devastation. You’ve made exciting plans that all fall apart. Jesus friends and followers had seen so much, learned so much, hoped for soContinue reading “Black Saturday”

I open today’s paper… Norwich Crown court: ‘A man who subjected his former partner to years of coercive control before grabbing her throat and knocking her unconscious during a vicious attack has been jailed for three years.’ The story makes difficult reading. Musing… remembering the song from Gilbert & Sulivan’s Mikado: My object all sublimeContinue reading “Crime, Punishment And Undeserved Suffering”

This is our friend Robin. We’ve known him and his wife Beryl for many years. Yesterday we attended his funeral… Remembering… Today is Maundy Thursday. Jesus shared his last supper with his disciples. He gave them some bread and a cup of wine and said, ‘Do this to remember me.’ At our church tonight weContinue reading “Robin and Maundy Thursday”