Autumn is here and the cool temperatures remind us that the cycle of the seasons keeps turning. Now is the time for gathering of fruits and fire wood, and...
Autumn is here
Category: Vocations
Vocations Roadshows
To help further the ‘Moving Mountains Mission’ a series of events has been organised for anyone interested in exploring what God might be calling them to do. Dates and...
Wisdom, Human Flourishing and Resilience
Last week I was at the national Diocesan Directors of Ordinands consultation, which had the title “Wisdom, Human Flourishing and Resilience”. It was one of those occasions when I came...
The Ordination of a Woman
How long is it since women were first able to be ordained to a preaching and sacramental ministry in the British Isles? On 17th September 1917, at a Congregational...
Encouragement
Who are the encouragers in your life? Who are you encouraging? I’m writing this in the middle of the Believe in Barrow ‘Real Lives’ Mission event: https://www.believeinbarrow.com Many churches have...
Tent-Making
‘Paul approached them [Aquila and Priscilla] and, because he was of the same trade, he made his home with them and they carried on business together; they were tent-makers.’...
“Vocation” from talks by Richard Pratt on BBC Cumbria
[audio mp3="https://www.cumbriachristianlearning.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/RichardPratt-BBC-recording.mp3"][/audio] At this time of year, in cathedrals across the country, women and men are being ordained deacon and priest. So it seems appropriate to think about vocation...
Calling
The telephone is the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We may call everyone up on it but God. Lines from 30 years ago, apparently...
