Author: stuart

  • Music for Transformation

    Musically, I know what I like, I can’t often name the artist or even the song title, let alone remember any lyrics.  This is probably why when reading the latest copy of Resurgence with Annie Lennox as guest editor I was happily surprised to read some lyrics to a song I have invariably hummed along…

  • Change of Title

    With the events of last Saturday out of the way, a wonderful day, topped completely by presiding on the Sunday – more thoughts on that later… I’m toying with the idea of a change of title.  I remember last year John blogging about reluctance relinquished as I entered the diaconate, however I was still rather…

  • Books for Ordination

    We were offered a book from the Bishop as an ordination present, lovely thought I… As I cast my eye over the books I have yet to read, and those bought waiting in line wondering if they will ever get read, I decided to be brave and select a slightly more modest item of reading…

  • Planting

    I have been meaning to get around to stop prevaricating about this and post these pictures, however, I’ve been busy digging. We are preparing a ‘church-yard garden’ It’s not ready yet, but some of the plants in the pictures below are now installed in their new home. Hopefully come summer / autumn / spring we…

  • Poor show tesco

    After using Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s TV programme during the sermon last week to highlight environment Sunday and sugest what we can do, pointing people towards generous.org.uk and A Rocha. I thought I had better follow up my own advice and become a little more active in the campaign process. I came across Hugh’s current project…

  • Shared ground

    This weekend was spent – around deaconal duties of course!! – at the new ground for Everton and Liverpool. I’m not sure either team will be happy with the new facilities, the new Anfield was far too far from the tea tent and Goodison sloped from the ‘play park’ end to the ‘bowling green’ end!…

  • speachless

    It takes a lot to make me speechless, however the past few weeks have been a bit like that, hence no writing. A few days at St. Mike’s didn’t help either, I needed a few days to get over the few days. I guess it’s just getting a little close to priesting, we now have…

  • Books, Books, Books

    I have finally given in to temptation and got myself a readers ticket at St. Deiniol’s Library partly due to the lack of facilities from the Chester branch of SPCK / SSG or whatever it is now, (See Dave’s archives for a blow by blow account of the history) and partly due to not being…

  • Trinity in Film

    Last Monday it was hinted at that you couldn’t teach doctrine without lecturing… The film ‘About a Boy’ seems to teach it admirably well, I used it as a reflection for today’s sermon – just watching the film would have been better of course – ‘No man is an Island’  (John Donne, not Jon Bon…

  • Saturday evening (and night) in concert

    Flicked on the radio this evening while cooking, not expecting much except the usual Saturday evening banter – completely forgetting it was Neil Diamond on Radio 2  evening!! Sublime stuff!! On the red button from 10pm tonight as well.