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On fasting – and slowing
Well, I hope you all enjoyed your pancakes last night. Because from here on in it’s Lent, meaning utter abstinence, abject penance, fasting and general misery for the next 6 weeks till we get to Easter and the Feast Day … Continue reading
Posted in Church calendar, Seasons, Spirituality
Tagged abstinence, fasting, holy boredom, Lent, Thomas Aquinas
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The first of Spring
Well, here in the northern hemisphere it’s the first day of Spring – meteorologically speaking, if not astronomically. (If you’re interested in the ins and outs of the technical definitions, here’s a blog post I wrote for work a few years … Continue reading
Posted in Grace, Love of God, Poems, Seasons, Spirituality
Tagged March, new life, poem, renewal, Spring, the first day of Spring
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Bored of ‘Christian’ things?
Do you ever just feel bored of church, of endless services week after week, of hymns and worship songs, of prayers and liturgy you could say in your sleep, of Bible study and quiet times, of meetings and missions and … Continue reading
New Year – so what?
Happy New Year. What does it mean? Another circuit of the Sun (a half billion miles to start again where we’d begun) Three-six-five revolutions, as many broken resolutions, Another cycle of the seasons – Cold and warm, light and dark, … Continue reading
Posted in Future, Poems, Seasons
Tagged 2013, 2014, New Year, resolutions, review of the year
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An October Gloria
I can’t speak for the rest of the world, but early October in southern Britain can be one of the loveliest times of the year, and mornings the loveliest times of the day. The worst heat of summer (if we’ve … Continue reading
New Year reflections – On several kinds of change, and two kinds of new
“I the LORD do not change” (Malachi 3:6) “Behold, I am making all things new” (Rev 21:5) At this time of year, inspired by the calendric New Year it’s natural to think about ideas of newness and of change. For … Continue reading
Happy New Year – and Happy Anniversary TEL
So, it’s 2012, apparently (or is that 2012™? I suspect the Olympics organising committee have probably trademarked the year). So that’s about 2016-18 years since the birth of Jesus, and 1986-ish since his death. Better-informed and more timely commentators than … Continue reading
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