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Category: death

  • courageous reasoning

    With all the love, grace and encouragement I can muster I want to ask you to bear with me and read this bloggage to the end. It may be the most important one I have ever written. One of the things that an imminent operation on your heart does for you is force you to…

  • the man in the seat next to me

    Our flights to and from Sweden were fairly uneventful. Apart from one moment. Remember that this was only a matter of days since the Egypt Air plane crashed in the Mediterranean, possibly (probably?) caused by a bomb. We were seated in a row of three, and in the seat next to us was a man who…

  • death is a part of life

    Apologies for the relative silence last week – it’s been a very busy period and while I have still tried to be reflective I haven’t had much chance to put fingers to keyboard and share those reflections with you. I also ought to warn you that this bloggage is about death, so if you are…

  • mortal

    Even though it is the holiday season at present, death has not taken a vacation. Over the past few days there have been many reminders of this as well known people have died, and there have also been some tragic accidents that have resulted in death. We must never forget that behind the headlines are…

  • the mother of all oxymorons

    I’m back. I have been away at our church holiday at Sizewell Hall on the Suffolk coast, just next door to Sizewell Nuclear Power Station. I felt quite at home! We were all quite tired when we got home so decided to order takeaway pizza for tea. I think everyone else in the church must…

  • ouch

    “God won’t let you suffer beyond what you can endure.” Has anyone ever said that to you? I have said it in sermons occasionally, but I am wondering about it. It’s not the most sensitive thing for someone to hear who is experiencing extremely difficult circumstances. To the person who feels that they are at…

  • being there

    One of the immense privileges of being a pastor is that you are able to be a part of people’s lives at difficult moments. When I was training in the vicar factory I thought that this would be an aspect of the role that I would find really awkward and challenging. I wondered how I…

  • an apology

    Dear bloggists I am sorry that I have not posted anything for the last couple of days. This is because I was without t’internet, enjoying a few days away with some of our church. ‘Normal’ service (whatever that is) will be resumed tomorrow, I hope. In the meantime, a jokette for you… They say there…