Matthew 25.14-30 I love the BBC TV program The Apprentice. In it, Alan Sugar puts a group of budding entrepreneurs to the test in what is described as ‘Britain’s toughest job interview’. One of the many disappointing things about 2020 for me has been that The Apprentice wasn’t aired. In September, I missed watching the [...]
Category: Ministry
Thank you, Formby and Altcar
In the many hours I spent unable to do very much when I had Covid, I got a lot of time to think and reflect. Lockdown meant that I went from curate to incumbent very quickly without being able to say goodbye properly. Thoughts about my time as a curate had been springing up for [...]
Covid Beatitudes
Blessed are those who are isolated, for they will have community. Blessed are those who have not said 'goodbye' as they would have liked to, for they will be comforted. Blessed are those shop workers, bin lorry staff and delivery drivers who keep our country running, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those [...]
A prayer for moving to a new church
I've had this on the whiteboard in my study for over six months. I would pray it regularly in the run up to starting at The Good Shepherd and in the first few weeks as vicar. I wanted to put the prayer somewhere I would be able to find it in the future, so I [...]