Tag Archives: Advent

Who gives a fig?

Welcome to Advent. I’m not sure why, but I do seem to have a habit of turning up at St Catherine’s on the first Sunday of Advent. And here we are again, at the beginning of a new church year, looking forward to Christmas. In previous years, I’ve brought along a round tuit, talked about […]

November 28, 2021 – 12:09 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Roots and Fruits

As many of you know we have apple trees in the garden at the vicarage. When we first moved in there were three trees. Two great big trees that produced heavy crops of cooking apples and one, spindly little tree that produced a meagre crop of eating apples. I was talking to Gill Ireland about […]

December 8, 2019 – 2:17 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A Grind?

I wonder if you know what this is? It’s a coffee mill. Not one of those fancy electric ones, but a hand mill. You put your beans in here, turn the handle, and you get freshly milled coffee in the bottom. There’s a little adjustable screw and butterfly nut in the bottom that you set […]

December 1, 2019 – 2:47 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

The Messenger

I’m going to start with a confession this morning. I was rather distracted from thinking about what I was going to say this morning by Youtube videos. In my defence, it all began in a good place – I was doing some research into what the process of refining silver would have looked like in […]

December 9, 2018 – 12:57 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

How much?

Little Nutbrown Hare, who was going to bed, held on tight to Big Nightbrown Hare’s very long ears. He wanted to be sure that Big Nutbrown Hare was listening. Guess how much I love you” he said… … Big Nutbrown Hare settled Little Nutbrown Hare into his bed of leaves. He leaned over and kissed […]

December 4, 2018 – 12:14 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

Songs of Praise

This morning we’ve heard the songs of two women who share a name in their own language, though separated by the early translators of the Bible. Miriam and Mary, also separated by centuries of history, but singing from the overflow of the same joy in their hearts at the working of the same God in […]

December 18, 2016 – 1:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

Inspiring Hope. Warning of Danger.

I wonder if you can guess when these were said? • “Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further developments.” • “The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.” • “Before man reaches the moon, your mail […]

December 4, 2016 – 1:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Ready or not, here I come

Does anybody know what this is? It is a tuit. Does anybody know what kind of tuit this is? It is a round tuit. This is the perfect Christmas gift for your husband, wife, son or daughter, anybody really who is always saying that they’ll do things when they get a round tuit. When we […]

November 27, 2016 – 3:37 pm | By tim | Posted in Eyton | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Stirring it up a bit

So, here we are on the last Sunday of the Christian year. In the BCP tradition it is “Stir up” Sunday, a nickname that came from the first line of the BCP collect for this Sunday, “Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people, “ a prayer that we will pray later, after […]

November 22, 2011 – 10:34 am | By tim | Posted in Sherrifhales, Tong | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The missing men

As many of you know, in October I spent some time in Uganda. Whilst I was there, I helped to run two conferences for the local church. At one of these, I was talking to a group of pastors and small group leaders from some of the parishes in the area. We had been talking […]

December 19, 2010 – 5:30 pm | By tim | Posted in Shelton | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)