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Truthful stories - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . Aug 1st, 2015 By Ian Poulton. Does a story have to be true to be true? Are there stories that are apocryphal, stories that are told of many different people in many different places, that are without factual basis, but tell a truth about a people, a place, a community? Anyway, the canon and the parish priest had always been great friends and one day the parish priest said to the canon, ‘Why doesn’t that driver of yours get himself a new suit? The parish priest suggested to the canon that ...
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Sermon for Sunday, 19th July 2015 (Trinity 7/Pentecost 8) - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . Sermon for Sunday, 19th July 2015 (Trinity 7/Pentecost 8). Jul 16th, 2015 By Ian Poulton. 8221; . . . and all who touched it were healed”. What was going through the minds of the people who followed Jesus? Jesus responds to everyone, no matter how disagreeable they may be, with compassion. When we look at ourselves, can we say we follow his example? Wouldn’t it be likely that we would want nothing to do with most of the people Jesus accepts? Mail (will not be published) (required). High H...
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Please, let it all mean something - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . Please, let it all mean something. Jul 31st, 2015 By Ian Poulton. The trees on either side of the road were meeting above it, even the passage of numerous lorries had not impeded the progress of nature. Perhaps the county council will decide that the branches should be cut back, perhaps not, the road passes under a railway bridge so is height restricted. Mail (will not be published) (required). The blog of Dr Stanley Monkhouse, Vicar of Burton on Trent. Joakim's God Talk. On Forty years on.
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A new Premier League season - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . A new Premier League season. Aug 8th, 2015 By Ian Poulton. 8220;A tackle worthy of the late Bobby Moore”, said Ron Jones, Today FM’s commentator on Manchester United versus Tottenham Hostpur, the opening match of the new Premier League season, “not that many listeners will remember Bobby Moore making tackles”. But did it really matter, did any of it make any difference? Mail (will not be published) (required). The blog of Dr Stanley Monkhouse, Vicar of Burton on Trent. High Ham and Somers...
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Sermon for Sunday, 26th July 2015 (Trinity 8/Pentecost 9) - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . Sermon for Sunday, 26th July 2015 (Trinity 8/Pentecost 9). Jul 23rd, 2015 By Ian Poulton. 8221; . . . as much as they wanted”. The letters of the word “loaf” give us the initial letters of four words that help us think about the story of the feeding of the five thousand, “L” for “loaves”, “O” for “order”, “A” for “all”, and “F” for “filled.”. The loaves are a reminder to us that what we give to God can be used in ways that we do not expect, that small actions can have great consequences&#...
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Sermon for the Centenary of Castletown ICA - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . Sermon for the Centenary of Castletown ICA. Jul 14th, 2015 By Ian Poulton. 8220;For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? A hundred years after its foundation, what would Lucy Franks expect from the ICA here in Castletown? Wouldn’t she expect the women here to lead from the front? Where might we lead, though? A century later, so much has changed, life is so much better, what tasks are there for us? Mail (will not be published) (required). Ireland...
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What would you put in a memory box? - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . What would you put in a memory box? Aug 6th, 2015 By Ian Poulton. How do we store our memories? How do we preserve those moments we would wish to keep forever? It’s a question that has been around for a long time. There was a Sunday morning, almost a decade ago, when we asked the question in church, how do we hold on to the special moments? From Lionel Bart’s musical. You never did see! It up with a ribbon. And put it in a box for me? So I could see it at my leisure. I’m so high. Photogra...
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Sermon for Sunday, 12th July 2015 (Trinity 6/Pentecost 7) - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . Sermon for Sunday, 12th July 2015 (Trinity 6/Pentecost 7). Jul 10th, 2015 By Ian Poulton. 8220;For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man”. We read the Gospel passage from Mark Chapter 6 and we say , “This is the Gospel of the Lord” and there must be at least a few people who ask, “How on earth is there any good news in that story? What good news can there be in the brutal decapitation of John the Baptist? We are always people of hope because no matter what happen...
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Sermon for Sunday, 5th July 2015 (Trinity 5/Pentecost 6) - For the fainthearted . . .
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This blog . . . Sermon for Sunday, 5th July 2015 (Trinity 5/Pentecost 6). Jul 3rd, 2015 By Ian Poulton. 8220;So they went out and proclaimed that all should repent”. Return, reject, refuse and reject are four words that capture a sense of Saint Mark Chapter 6 Verses 1-13. As Christians, as people who say we follow Jesus, do we follow his example? Jesus could have avoided a situation he knew would only bring unhappiness, but he goes and faces it. How readily do we face awkward things? Are we prepared to a...
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God in The Garden: February 2011
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God in The Garden. An occasional series of reflections by Joakim. Monday 28 February 2011. Pussy Willow (Salix sp) against a blue sky. I'm starting to stir from my winter hibernation and get out into the garden as new life burgeons all around - how hard I find it to do so when days are short, windy, wet and dark! But I'm horrified to see I haven't blogged the garden since July. The other morning frogs were croaking in the patio pond - lo and behold, there was the frogspawn heralding this years tadpoles.
