Good in Parts

Being substantially taller than his sister, Hugger Steward is not dwarfed by his backpack in the same way at all - but he has packed it with...

I would regularly aspire to a wholly original sermon! Today, the teeth of reality bite hard and I'm grateful for any help I can get, fro...

It's a strange thing that if you want to shut up a loquacious clergy person, the surest way is to ask them about their prayer life! Howe...

Long term readers may remember the freak floods that struck Heathrow 2 years ago, when Hattie Gandhi was heading off on her gap year travel...

and a strange kaleidoscope of images drifted through my mind as I fell asleep last night . The day began with a service in church for the ch...

Today the church remembers Catherine of Siena, for whom I've had a rather soft spot ever since Sister St Edmund gave me a prayer card d...

was the theme of a remarkable diocesan day on Saturday. I went along with rather limited expectations. For reasons that I shan't go into...

a handy site entitled "Sermon helps", which does just exactly what it says on the tin, here is my contribution to Rogation Sunday ...

That last post seems to have been my one thousand, one hundred and eleventh since this blog began in August 04...What alot of words! I do go...

just to prove that I am still a real blogger, I'm here with the RevGals Friday Five,this time an offering from Singing Owl Yesterday I h...

On Tuesday this week FabBishop had summoned all his clergy to a training day at Cheltenham Racecourse. Leaving aside the fact that it always...

and, though I've had a slight incursion into my day off in the form of a service for Scouts, Cubs, Brownies and Beavers (in honour of St...

given all the riches that are available this week, what on earth persuaded me to run with this angle...but here we have a rather rough and d...

Oh dear...I had so hoped to be a Better Blogger this week, but the pressures of life continue to get the better of me. So, here's a bit ...

Yes I'm still alive. No, I haven't abandoned blogging in favour of some other more exciting pursuit. I am, quite simply, busier th...

As I leapt out of bed this morning (not a pretty sight) I reflected ruefully that my intent to read at least one worthwhile book every week ...

As Friday is now my day off, there's at least some hope that I might get to Friday Fives in better time these days - and how could I pos...

What should I write about Sunday's licensing service? Above all that the church was full of loved and loving people. My St Mary'...

Over that evening and the next morning friends arrived thick and fast...a happy morning eating baignets, buying wool (yarn across the Pond) ...

Yes...I know I have been home from the USA for a whole week now, and I'm deeply ashamed of my blogging inadequacy - but I've been li...