Found 9 resource(s) in 'Looking at God', for August 2026.
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Summer Holidays From the Vicar What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to 2 Thessalonians Just Listen! Reflected Faith Series: Intercessions Deborah: Woman of Faith and Courage Ordinary – but challenging When the time is wrong ** Editor: Canon Paul Hardingham considers Summer Holidays The story is told of porters who were hired to carry... (2774 words)Summer Holidays
The story is told of porters who were hired to carry a group’s possessions on a jungle safari. The pace increased until the head porter called a halt: ‘We’ve come so far, so fast we need to take a break and allow our souls to catch up with our bodies!’ How often do we feel... (298 words)From the Vicar
The story is told of porters who were hired to carry a group’s possessions on a jungle safari. The pace increased until the head porter called a halt: ‘We’ve come so far, so fast we need to take a break and allow our souls to catch up with our bodies!’ How often do we feel... (298 words)What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to the Books of the New Testament: 2 Thessalonians
Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians from Corinth, after Silas and Timothy had returned from delivering 1 Thessalonians, in AD 51/52. His purpose in writing this letter was largely the same as the first, as the situation in the church remained largely unchanged. He writes to encourage new believers facing persecution (1:4-10), to correct a misunderstanding concerning... (282 words)Just Listen!
Techno-dinosaur and curmudgeon that I am, I have clung to my old plug-in satnav for far too long. It has finally given up the ghost, and I have listened to the superior wisdom of Madame-my-wife, and started to use my smartphone, held in place via a holder on the car’s dash, to navigate around areas... (373 words)Reflected Faith Series: Intercessions
Last month we reflected on the Creed within our service. This month, we consider what comes next. In the Book of Common Prayer, the Creed and the sermon appear in a different order, but in both traditions intercessions follow. In Common Worship, they come straight after the Creed. By this point, we may feel we... (325 words)Deborah: Woman of Faith and Courage
Some people are good working behind the scenes. They don’t make a fuss or want to grab your attention. Instead, they quietly do a job which always gets done, and it is only when they are missing for some reason do we realise the important work that they do! Deborah was a bit like that.... (397 words)Ordinary – but challenging
In the church year, we are now well into that long season – it seems to go on forever – variously called ‘Trinity’ or ‘Ordinary time’. Each of those labels tells us something about the approximately six months between Pentecost and Advent Sunday. ‘Trinity’ reminds us that with Pentecost, God has made Himself known to... (379 words)When the time is wrong
See then that ye walk circumspectly, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5, 15-16) There is something that really irritates me in church. The clock is wrong. It is always five minutes fast. I do not mean the clock in the tower, that has not worked for years. There is a wall... (201 words)
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