Every year, the Sefton North clergy go away together for a night, and it's become a little tradition that I write a few thoughts about it. Here we go! By my reckoning, this was my fifth time away with the clergy at Whalley Abbey up near Blackburn. We went in March 2020, and they literally [...]
The books are getting shorter again, so I'm blogging more often! Welcome to Daniel, of The Lion's Den fame. Daniel: book of crazy names, crazy courage and crazy faith. I do love the crazy names. Try and get your tongue around this lot! Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. I think this is a [...]
Well there's such a lot going on here, isn't there? Bones, hearts, a new temple, food cooked over burning poo, much prophecy and a whole lot of 'Son of Man.' At one point over the past week, I was expressing what I slog I was finding Ezekiel. Nathan responded by saying how much he loves [...]
After some pretty long reads, it was nice to finish a book in just a couple of days! Welcome to book number 25, Lamentations. It does sound particularly melancholy, but it is no more so than Jeremiah, I wouldn't say! We don't know who wrote Lamentations, but we do know that it is comprised of [...]
Rev Poppy 