Jesus and His Misfits Jesus chose an unlikely group of people to follow Him and represent Him in the world. When we think about the disciples, it is easy to imagine a group of exceptionally holy, gifted or impressive individuals. Yet the reality is quite different. They were ordinary people, full of flaws, weaknesses and contradictions. Matthew, who wrote this Gospel, had been a tax collector,...
Summary of talk From my men's Frome group With Richard, an RAF Engineer turned preacher A View from the Middle East: Listening Before Speaking I was asked to speak about the Middle East, though I should begin with a note of caution. I am neither an academic nor a trained political analyst. I am, by background, a mechanical engineer who spent thirty years in the Royal Navy and later found himself...
Our little ministry is always quaint, never predictable and intimate. That is why I love it. About 10 of us meet once a month on the first Sunday. I found myself thinking about Sunday’s address in the Methodist church afterwards, turning it over in my mind. If I had wanted to be critical, I could easily have listed several things that did not quite work — there was repetition, a slightly...
A Recent Testimony from Someone Called to Ministry Early Years: Roots I Didn’t Yet Understand When I look back, I can see beginnings that I didn’t recognise at the time. I grew up in a close and rather sheltered Christian community where church, school and family all overlapped. It was a warm world, mostly kind, sometimes claustrophobic, and full of people who thought in similar ways. I took...
This is a testimony of the Vicar at Holy Trinity Frome at our mens group this evening Thursday 13 Nov 2025 My journey to becoming a vicar has never been straightforward. In many ways, it has meandered its way through places, experiences, and churches that were sometimes joyful, sometimes painful, and often surprising. Looking back, I realise nothing about my story was predictable, but nearly...
It is very seldom that I attend a funeral but this one was of a friend that I was getting to know and who passed from us very recently, so we met in the chapel that I call my anchor point for worship which is Withyditch Chapel near Peasedown. There were few faces known to me as many were relatives of the deceased who did not live in the area but one or two people greeted me by name and this made...
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