Category: Easter

  • B lieve it or not!

    Before most people were awake Beside themselves with grief Baffled about how they would move the stone Bewildered about Friday Bemused about the empty tomb Bowled over by the angels* Blurred vision through the tears Blissful in recognition Blessed by the impossible Breathless with excitement *Some later less reliable manuscripts include these words: ‘Behind you’…

  • SYLOFTRK*

    On Easter Sunday evening we going to hold a service that we’re calling “Songs of Resurrection”. It is a sort of Easter Carol Service, where we will sing some of the great hymns and songs of Resurrection and retell the Easter Resurrection narratives to celebrate the fact of Jesus’ resurrection. *I did toy with the…

  • whether forecast

    This is a whether forecast. I don’t know whether I will be posting as regularly over the next few days. I may well be preoccupied with a few other things so the bloggerel may be in short supply (stop cheering). However, I will leave you with a pre-Easter thought and the threat of possible random…

  • This Sunday I will mostly be speaking about…

    Is it just me? I find myself increasingly irritated by the news in the morning. We are told what has happened overnight. That’s great. That’s important. We are told about some things that are happening today. That’s helpful, even if it is a bit like advertising (especially when the ‘news’ is about a TV programme…

  • if only I could be in two places at once

    Last night I was torn. Ipswich Town (my favourite team) were playing in the second leg of the League Cup Semi Final against Arsenal, and went into the match with a slender 1-0 lead. The possibility of them reaching a final at Wembley was dangling temptingly in front of me. And the match was being…