Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, The summer months have a way of encouraging us to slow down a little. Gardens are growing, fields are full, and all around us we see the quiet work of seeds bringing forth their harvest. It is perhaps no surprise that Jesus should choose this season of growth to tell one of his best-loved parables. This Sunday’s Gospel is the Parable of the Sower. A farmer scatters seed generously across the field. Some falls on the path, some…

Dearest friends, One of the great privileges of this past week was hosting the Archdeacons’ Visitation at St. Luke’s. It brought together clergy and churchwardens from across the archdeaconry, but what struck me most was not the business of the evening. Instead, it was the encouragement we were given to recognise the calling of those around us. We often think of a calling as something dramatic. We think of St Peter leaving his fishing nets behind or St Paul encountering…

Dearest friends, Over the last month or so I’ve been very blessed to be working at Stover School on Thursday afternoons running their Mech Eng’ Club over lunch time.  It’s 45 minutes of pulling my old Piaggio Ape apart and trying to get it running… However, each and every time we remove something we discover it wasn’t quite put on the way it was supposed to be put on. It *kinda* worked, just, but it didn’t last terribly long and…