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    Harvest

    Do you think I could be a farmer? I could buy a farm, and a tractor. I’m not sure about animals, but I could plough (with my tractor), sow (with my tractor), let things grow and then harvest. Jesus warned

    raymond 26 September 202426 September 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    A Question that Reveals our Hearts

    ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ Can you imagine the possibilities if Jesus asked you that question? How would you answer? It’s a question Jesus actually poses twice in Mark 10 (verses 36 and 51), but he

    ed 13 September 202413 September 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Choose This Day

    Someone told me a couple of weeks ago that I can’t have tuna on my pizza. But I like tuna on my pizza – tuna and pineapple. Am I wrong? Have I missed something? It’s not as if you physically

    raymond 5 September 20245 September 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Faith vs…?

    What’s the opposite of faith? There’s lot’s of different answers you might give to that question. I’ve spent a bit of time recently working on an essay about faith and reason, which many people (mistakenly) take to be opposites. You

    ed 30 August 202430 August 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Why grow?

    I have a tree my garden. I chose it, I planted it, and I watch it. It grows very slowly, unlike some other plants (notably the weeds and the leylandii hedge) which grow much too quickly. My tree just gets

    raymond 23 August 202426 August 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Deciding to Live

    Have you read (or watched Ridley Scott’s film version of) Andy Weir’s “The Martian”? It’s Science Fiction, of course, but it is also a study in crisis decision making. Of all the things going on, what is the most important

    raymond 10 August 202410 August 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Time for a Spiritual Eye Test?

    “I once was lost, but now I’m found; was blind, but now I see”. Almost anyone who has been to church in the English speaking world (and many who haven’t) will be familiar with those words from John Newton’s iconic

    ed 1 August 20241 August 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Why follow Jesus?

    Last month was the centenary of George Mallory’s failed attempt to climb Mount Everest. While touring the USA, drumming up support, he was asked by reporters ‘Why?’ Well, why would you want to climb a mountain where the air is

    raymond 25 July 202425 July 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Good Days

    “These are the Good-Old-Days – just wait and see.” (Wait, by Steve Turner). These days we mostly seem to reflect on how bad things are now, and how no-one is really getting to grips with the problems, and how much

    raymond 18 July 202418 July 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Seeing is Believing?]

    Several contemporary sources that tells us something about Jesus – both Christian or non-Christian – agree that he was widely known as a miracle worker. And yet, as John reminds us in his prologue, most of Jesus’ contemporaries did not

    ed 12 July 202412 July 2024 RectorsWeekly Read more
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