Category: wedding

  • teddy bear theology

    A couple of Sundays back we held a wedding blessing in our morning service. It may be old hat to some of you to do things that way, but it’s not something I have ever done before. The wonderful couple [they read my bloggages so I have to say that ;-)] had been married 10…

  • noticing

    After an interval caused by a wedding in Northern Ireland, a weekend and a Bank Holiday, what passes for normal service is resumed today as the bloggerel recommences. The wedding was lovely. I shared the service with Stuart, the Minister of the Bride’s home church where the wedding took place, and Ben, the Minister at…

  • wedding wound up

    We’re back from the epic journey and wedding last weekend. It was a brilliant wedding and I hope that my Mum and Mike felt the love and joy as much as we did. I can now tie up a few loose ends in an abbreviated blog because there’s a lot else for me to catch up…

  • what to preach?

    Sooo, you’re preaching at your mother’s wedding in just over a week’s time and have been asked to provide a reading (from the Bible). What to choose? Best to avoid some of the Proverbs (“a nagging wife is like a dripping tap”, “better to live on the roof than share a house with a nagging…