Nooks
Prayer and Intercession are vital.On this page you will find links to thoughts and reflections
to inspire, encourage and challenge.
This is a draft page for the beginnings of the collation of articles and blogs under the name of Nooks. I am sure that you will want to have a better introductory paragraph but I wanted to put some placeholder text here.
The Lord’s Heart for the Outsider
The other week, Ros and I had to make a trip down to Bournemouth. Unexpected delays and complications set in on what we had expected to be a straightforward day, and we were left scrabbling around for overnight accommodation without all the usual necessities of life,...
The Principle of Suffer-reign
Certain things just seem to belong naturally together: Fish and . . .? Bangers and . . .? I wonder what we might pair suffering with though? Peter associates it not with ‘peace and well-being’ but, on no fewer than four occasions in his first letter, with glory. Is it...
Catherine of Siena’s Legacy lives on
I first came across Catherine Benincasa, better known as Catherine of Siena, in The Wisdom of the Saints, a wonderful miscellany of quotes from God’s special pioneers through the ages. I was impressed by the brief snippets I found there that spoke of her undeniable...
Powerful music to help us pray for Russia and into the darkness of the war in Ukraine
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through...
Your Constancy outweighs (by far!) my fickleness
Welcome to this new mini series, which you will hopefully find both comforting and challenging. The whole series is set to some really lovely music....
Be Lord of our desires
The French poet Arthur Rimbaud wrote that you do not necessarily ever really finish a poem; you simply reaches a point at which you are happy to...