Wait for the Lord
My wife has recently had some significant surgery and is now resting at home, making good progress, and receiving visitors. She is still struggling with painful discomfort and I am
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Tag: Hope
To be treated with Hyssop
“Have Mercy on me, O God…” (Psalm 51:1). It doesn’t come any simpler, and more obvious, nor any more necessary. This psalm was the appointed psalm for the day on
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The Parable of the Runner Beans
This summer, we planted some runner bean plants, using the time-honoured structure of tying bamboo canes into a ridge-tent shape. We planted them in the garden, not knowing especially which
Continue readingHow long, O Lord, how long?
Day after day I wake up to the Today Programme. It’s been so for years and years, and it’s how I get the world into my head every day. Over
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Day after day I wake up to the Today Programme. It’s been so for years and years, and it’s how I get the world into my head every day. Over
Continue readingAdvent 3: are we nearly there yet?
We’ve all been there, stuck in a car with a small child, somewhere on a motorway, jams in front, jams behind. “I need to do a wee. I feel sick…are
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