The Ponderings of a Meandering Minister…
I had a birthday recently – not a particularly significant one but it’s been well celebrated and I’ve appreciated the warm wishes coming from friends and family that we’ve connected with over the years. I have a facebook policy where I don’t tend to post birthday greetings on other folks’ walls because I’d only miss … Read moreA Discipline Disaster
It’s a long time since I’ve posted – I’m realising that some of the things I used to put on my blog now appear on Twitter, or even as comments on Facebook. And seeing as people reading this blog on the web might not be connected to me on Facebook, I thought it might be … Read morePoor at home, poor abroad
We’re back to the season of Lent again! I’ve hardly posted in the past year, apologies for that… But I’d like to try this again, especially the bit about spotting self-denial taking place around you (particularly where it happens in a way to benefit other people or you can see that it is forming genuine … Read moreLent Again
In a sense, I’m at a loss for words. It breaks me to write my first ‘noticing’ of self-denial regarding the people killed in Northern Ireland in the last three days. It seems that the off-duty army personnel threw themselves in front of bullets to protect the pizza delivery men, hours before they were due … Read moreNo Going Back
It’s Ash Wednesday and so Lent begins. This year, rather than ‘giving up’ something (which is admirable but alas in the past hasn’t made me any more like Jesus, it’s just saved me some money due to decreased chocolate consumption), I want to travel down the path of self-denial. If there’s anything the human race … Read moreThe Path of Self-Denial