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Before we dive into looking in detail at this evening’s reading from Joshua, a bit of a reminder of some of the things that have happened in the lead up to the events described in this passage. How have the characters in the story got here? We’re not going to go right back to the […]

February 10, 2020 – 2:29 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Expectancy

I wonder who here has special plans for this coming Friday? I can see that some of you are sat there thinking, “why should we have special plans for this Friday?” Who can enlighten our bemused brethren? It is, of course, Valentine’s Day. An opportunity to celebrate romantic love, particularly poignant perhaps for those in […]

February 10, 2020 – 2:25 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Scattered, Exiled, Elected

Who has written thank you letters for Christmas presents. How did you start them? Dear Grandma? And how did you finish them, “love from Tim”? The Bible reading we’ve just heard was the beginning of letter from Peter, one of Jesus’ friends, to Christians living in a load of different places. In those days they […]

January 26, 2020 – 12:46 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Handover

This evening we are picking up our journey through the Old Testament. At the end of the last series we left Moses and the people of God, having been rescued from Egypt, setting out into the desert. They had received the provision of manna, food from heaven, the beginnings of the law, and instructions for […]

January 13, 2020 – 12:03 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

2020 Vision – Keep spreading the tent

This morning I shared some details of a series of events that began just over eight years ago that led me to pick this reading from Isaiah for us to think about at the beginning of this new year and new decade. This series of events reinforced for me this instruction from God to God’s […]

January 6, 2020 – 11:48 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

2020 Vision – Spread the Tent

My family and I first moved to Telford in 2011. We moved here to live in Priorslee, with the aim of planting a church in Priorslee to reach out to those that the traditional churches in the area weren’t reaching. My licensing service was in the hall of a local primary school, and in the […]

January 5, 2020 – 3:23 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | 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)

Clear Communication

For those of you who were here last week, you will know that we are now on the second slice of the sandwich. For those of you who weren’t here, I’d better explain. Two weeks ago, we looked at 1 Corinthians chapter 12, and Paul’s teaching about spiritual gifts and the richness of unity and […]

November 25, 2019 – 1:58 pm | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Love

It is said that familiarity breeds contempt. It’s often struck me as a slightly depressing world view, one which I hope isn’t necessarily true. It seems to me much more hopeful to believe that familiarity might breed insight, affection, and comfort. Maybe, though, this does take a bit of work, and maybe a choice to […]

November 19, 2019 – 11:25 am | By tim | Posted in Wellington | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)