Jem & I have made it to Kirk Yetholm, the end of my Pennine Way challenge!!!
10 marathons in 10 days and we have raised close on £36k for our Link with the Diocese of Matabeleland. Thanks be to God for all I have experienced & everyone who has supported the cause. @SouthwarkCofE
#MorningPrayer
Help us, Lord, to know
that the value of other people
lies in their personhood,
not their perfection;
in their existence,
not their effectiveness.
Grow in us the capacity
to value others
for who they are,
people made in your image,
and bear with each other in love.
We’re truly honoured to have cared for the Bishop of Southwark—his resilience and good humour were an inspiration to us all.
It was a privilege for our whole team to care for Bishop Christopher and we are glad he’s safely back with you doing what he does best! @KingsCollegeNHS
“I am so glad that Jesus was born in a stable. Because my soul is so much like a stable. It is so poor and in unsatisfactory condition —yet I believe if Jesus can be born in a stable, maybe he can also be born in me.”
— Dorothy Day
Here’s the script from my ‘Pause for Thought’ with @ZoeTheBall for Radio 2 earlier this morning. With thanks as always to those who inspire my thoughts, this time my good friend Mark Oakley @DeanSouthwark & Ephraim Mirvis @chiefrabbi who I don’t know but just love listening to.
After the announcement of the Woolwich posts in @SouthwarkCofE I visited Tandridge deanery. I prayed & lunched with deanery chapter, saw the oldest yew tree in the UK, reflected on a school belonging statement, & shared in a farewell celebration for a long serving headteacher
Glad to support another season of Sunday Compline at St Mary's Farleigh in its beautiful setting giving an address on Archbishop Desmond Tutu who had close links with this Diocese @SouthwarkCofE including parishes @BletchingleySt and St Augustine's Grove Park
Revd Alison Way joins the Warlingham with Chelsham and Farleigh Team Ministry as Team Vicar and Croydon Episcopal Area Parish Development Officer…such a joyful occasion. So good…
In his first public message since his cancer diagnosis, King Charles reaffirmed his Coronation pledge “not to be served but to serve”, and called on people to “prioritise care and friendship”
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