Category Archives: Faith stories

Seeking God and Finding Jesus (a sermon on Acts 10)

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

C.S. Lewis tells a story of how one day he had a persistent feeling that he ought to go and get his hair cut, even though it was not very long since the last time he had done so. Eventually … Continue reading →

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The Christian Adventure

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

A sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter It was a real delight for me to have Bishop Jane preach here last weekend, but the downside was that I didn’t get to preach my Easter sermon! Still, I will take … Continue reading →

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Stephen

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

Another good post at Anglicans Online, this time about Stephen, whose feast day is today. Poor St Stephen, not only the first martyr to Christ but also the first martyr to Christmas, his feast day lost as most clergy enjoy … Continue reading →

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Bob Chesterton turns eighty tomorrow

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

My Dad was born in Leicester on December 5th 1931; he is the third of five children of George and Dorothy Chesterton, and all five are still alive today. My grandpa was a World War 1 veteran who went on … Continue reading →

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A guy who loved introducing people to Jesus.

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

In the church’s calendar we often celebrate special feast days to remember ‘saints’ – people from Bible times or afterwards whose lives have been especially Christlike. We do this not to worship them in any sense, but simply to thank … Continue reading →

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St. Cedd

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

When I was a young Christian in south east Essex, the old chapel of St. Peter’s on the Wall in Bradwell was very special to me. There was a rather ramshackle collection of buildings around it, built by the Othona … Continue reading →

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Please pray for Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

The following article is lifted in its entirety from the website of Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Please pray. Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has twice refused to recant his Christian faith during two court hearings held in Rasht, Gilan Province on 25 … Continue reading →

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Owning up and getting comfortable

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

I started going to open stages about six years ago next month. For the first couple of weeks I just sat and listened while other people played and sang. Then I plucked up my courage and took a guitar along … Continue reading →

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Let the ‘Felix Hominum’ scholarship begin!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

As I remarked not long after Joe Walker died, one of our concerns was to make sure that his excellent blog, ‘Felix Hominum‘, continued to be available for people to enjoy and learn from. We were, however, a little worried … Continue reading →

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The joy of the Psalms

Posted on August 31, 2011 by

“How I cried out to you, my God, when I read the Psalms of David, those hymns of faith, those songs of a pious heart in which the spirit of pride can find no place! I was new to your … Continue reading →

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