Richardl

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• The Reluctant Gardener

  

  Other people know the names of plants. Other people 'get out there' whenever they can to pull up a few weeds or check how their latest plant is doing. Other... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Postcards Get a Stamp

  

  A few weeks ago, a little boy was colouring in church whilst his parents were busy with various jobs around the place. I stopped to ask him what he was working... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Like Poetry in a Telephone Directory

  

  Just over two years ago, I reviewed the first Shadow Doctor book by Adrian Plass. I admired his deft ability to scratch where Christians hate to admit they itch... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Rock Music

  Years ago, on a second holiday in St Cast le Guildo, Brittany, my curiosity got the better of me. I could no longer resist the pull of an information sign... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Cuckoo and the Sycamore

  

  Last week, I preached on the story of Zaccheus in Luke 19, as I have done many times before. On this particular occasion, I decided to introduce people to him... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Fiona Littledale Award

  

  Yesterday the first Fiona LIttledale Award was presented at the annual Patient Experience Network Awards. This is how it was introduced. ______ My wife, Fiona... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Last Book I Needed

  As a man whose wife and best friend died 16 months ago, and who adopted a dog 13 months ago, you might feel this is the last book I ought to read. Not only... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Better Grief

  

  Good evening. First of all - thank you for the great honour of speaking on this occasion. On November 7th 2017, my wife, Fiona died at home whilst under the car... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Companions in the Storm

  This morning I began to preach through Paul's second letter to the Christians in Corinth. As ever was, the sermon was written early in the week and... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2019 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Sky Full of Stars

  

  Churches often gather people from different ages under one roof, but the extent to which they are genuinely engaged in worship together is open to question. In... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Bench with a View

  

  My landscape right now is littered with milestones. They are all marked in years, rather than miles, and they bear the number '1'. Each one is a reminder of a... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Last Postcard?

  

  There comes a point when living abroad, where to continue sending postcards seems a little odd. After all, you live here now. The tastes, sounds and smells are... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• On Sharing the Journey

  Years ago, before the loss which now overshadows me was even a cloud on the horizon, I was studying for a Master's Degree in Preaching. As part of a module on... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Thank You

  

  Thank you for visiting here after hearing 'Postcards from the Land of Grief' on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday October 21st 2018. It is clear that the programme has... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Nepali Slip of the Hand

  

  Eleven months ago, as the house hummed to the sound of the oxygen machine and the stair lift rattled occasionally up and down, I would have thought it... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Far Away is Near at Hand

  

  Another postcard from the land of grief As I write this, I am a very long way from home. I am several continents and 4500 miles away, in fact. Outside in the... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Distant Figures

  

  Years ago, I used to travel once each year to Serbia, where I lectured in a Bible School. I soon realised how fascinated people were to find out about my life... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Lazy Lens?

  

  Eleven years ago, as part of the Biblefresh year, I organised a Bible photography exhibition in the church where I was working at the time. Local businesses... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Nothing Planned

  

  One of the curious things about living abroad is that the 'obvious' special days, the instinctive milestones on your calendar, mean nothing to anybody here. Day... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Landscape Transformed

  This week it has been snowing in the land where I now live. Snow has a soothing effect on the landscape - like a cool cloth on a fevered brow. Sharp corners... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2018 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY