Not a normal vicar

Monday, 23 December 2013

Joseph - the forgotten person in the Christmas story

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Last week I was sat with a friend at a church Christmas lunch and my friend passed comment that we never hear enough about Joseph. And that...
Sunday, 15 December 2013

Give me patience and give it me now!

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Many of us grew up with the adage “Patience is a virtue” ringing in our ears. Or maybe “Good things come to him who waits” In James 5: 7...
Thursday, 5 December 2013

A pleasant surprise at Aldi

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For the last couple of years Stratton Methodist Church in Swindon has been running a project called "Community Kitchen". On the...
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Monday, 2 December 2013

Breaking through the silence to listen for the inner being

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On Saturday morning (30th November) the news reports were dominated by one news story – that late on Friday evening a police helicopter h...
Sunday, 1 December 2013

Love shall be our token

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A couple of weeks back children from Moredon and Rodbourne Cheney primary schools came to look inside St Andrews. They asked me questions ab...
Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Where's all the love gone?

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I was horrified this morning to hear this news story: “Shocking" sexual violence is being carried out by children against other child...
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Sunday, 17 November 2013

Earn all you can, Save all you can, Give all you can

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This is the text of a talk I was due to give on BBC Wiltshire on 17th November 2013. As the presenter and I got talking about other things I...
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The title of this blog was inspired by a conversation I had in the early days of ministry with a non church goer. I had arranged to meet her to discuss a baptism for her children. She said to me "I like you. You're not like a normal vicar are you?" (a) I don't know what a "normal" vicar is like and (b) I'm not a vicar. I am a Methodist minister (Vicar is a term used in the Anglican church for a parish priest.) However, I like the sentiment a lot. And the day I become like a "normal vicar" is the day I've lost my calling. The views expressed in this blog are my own and not necessarily those of the Methodist Church or indeed anyone else!
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