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Pastor's pen 28th Feb 2021 - Superglue
Superglue is one of my favourite products. Why? Because I have had notable success with it in lengthening the useful lifespan of so many...
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Feb 22, 20212 min read


Bipolar - pastor's pen for 21st Feb 2021
adjective adjective: bipolar; adjective: bi-polar 1. having or relating to two poles or extremities. e.g.: "a sharply bipolar division of...
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Feb 15, 20212 min read


Tiptoeing through the true bits - Pastor's pen for 14th February 2021
I was plotting some clever segue from the title of the song Tiptoe through the tulips to the parody title Tiptoe through the true bits,...
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Feb 9, 20212 min read


Pastor's pen for 7th February 2021 - Parables of Grace
I know last year my friend and former colleague the Rev. Dr. David Clark MP was castigated for his Covid rule-breaking as the minister of...
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Feb 2, 20212 min read


Pastor's pen for 31st Jan 2020 - thankful
The last week or two I have experienced pain in my lower back and legs – knee, Achilles, upper hamstring etc. In several cases these...
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Jan 27, 20212 min read


Draining the Swamp - Pastor's Pen for 24th January 2020
Trump used the metaphor of 'draining the swamp' upon his shock, triumphant arrival on the Washington DC political scene four years ago....
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Jan 20, 20212 min read


Uprooting the noxious weeds - Pastor's pen for 17th January 2021
A dedicated team led by Philippa and her gardening expert friend Kate waged war today on the manse garden, which (alarmingly) contained a...
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Jan 12, 20213 min read


Thanksgiving for another New Year - Pastor's pen for 10th January 2021
Greetings to you all, hoping you have had a pleasant Christmas and New Year time with safe travels and uplifting times with family and...
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Jan 7, 20212 min read


Experiments in faith and life - Pastors pen for Christmas week 2020
Dear friends, I sigh as I once again realize Christmas has caught me by surprise as it always does. My family chide me for being an...
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Dec 24, 20202 min read


Joining together with churches on the Shore - 2020-21
Sunday December 27th at 10am Browns Bay Presbyterian Church 45 Anzac Road Browns Bay Joining together with the churches on the Shore....
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Dec 17, 20201 min read


A new name - Pastor's Pen for 20th December 2020
I apologise if several layers of thought coalesce into one stream here. It is the week when the electoral college of the United States...
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Dec 16, 20202 min read


Waiting for God's ways - Pastor's Pen for 13th Dec 2020
On Sunday we acknowledge and celebrate the finale for children's ministry in our church for 2020. It's a bit different this year as the...
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Dec 10, 20202 min read


New Jerusalem - Pastor's pen for 6th December 2020
Twelve colourful stone foundations for the walls of the New Jerusalem —detail of painting by Joan C. Thomson Last week on Sunday we spent...
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Nov 30, 20202 min read


Pastor's pen 29th Nov 2020 Running with the Psalms: a marathon in four parts
#1 - the first 23km Psalm 104:3 'you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the...
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Nov 23, 20202 min read


Pastor's pen for 22nd November 2020 - Running with Jesus, and other prayers...
I was talking to a colleague about the prayer practice of Ignatian Contemplation, which engages the imagination by focusing on a gospel...
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Nov 18, 20202 min read


Pastor's pen for 15th November - Cost
Jesus, in Luke 14, asked the gathered crowd; 'For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the...
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Nov 11, 20202 min read


Pastor's pen for 8th November 2020 - The art of not knowing what to do...
I get discouraged with the tone of so many polarized debates online. Virtually every political, environmental, moral, religious,...
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Nov 4, 20202 min read


Bandwagons - Pastor's pen for 1 Nov 2020
As a young man I learned a valuable lesson about which wagons to get on board. For the only time in my life I had gone lame with a really...
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Oct 27, 20203 min read


'for the rest of us'.....Pastor's pen for 25th October 2020
I found this gem of a book in a charity shop in Cambridge for a couple of bucks the other day; Evangelism for the Rest of Us: Sharing...
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Oct 20, 20202 min read


Pastors pen 17th October 2020: Politics and religion around the dinner table...
Today (Tuesday) I rang my Dad on the occasion of his 80th birthday. We'll be doing lunch on Thursday in Cambridge. I clearly remember his...
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Oct 13, 20202 min read
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