Funeral stories continue

I’ve written in the past about some of the humorous things which have happened at the time of a funeral which I was leading. There was the time my funeral was interrupted by a minister who was looking for the funeral he was suppose to be leadings, the time a funeral coach needed boosting from…

A long obedience…

I finished Eugene Peterson’s classic book, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, and found again this theme of God’s enduring call, our struggle to follow in a fallen world and the deep blessings that come from our faithful response to that call. I am reminded again that blessing is no guarantee of a way…

What does it mean to be blessed?

In the past number of months as Wendy and I have had this overwhelming sense of God’s blessing, not just in terms of the lovely home we are in, or what the bank might report on us, but being close to Philip and Amanda, our ability to work remotely, our new neighbours, the experiences of…