Welcome
This blog is a repository for a collection of thoughts, and a variety of subjects close to my heart. Some have been preached as sermons, some given as talks and others just buzzed around in my head waiting for an outlet.
I make no claims for academic originality – like lots of us practising this Life thing I have read extensively over the years. Where I have knowingly pinched an idea or a thought, I have referenced it. But if I’ve accidentally plagiarised something, please let me know!
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A robot wrote my sermon…
Well not quite. I decided that I’d try out ChatGPT and see if it was any better than me at writing a sermon. I dutifully asked it to write one for my congregation focussing on the sheep hearing the shepherd’s voice. It wasn’t bad, I thought. I added in a couple of one-liners to personalise…
Falling fruit is not enough
Let’s be honest, it’s not unusual to bump up against the patriarchy. It’s not unusual to have to call out unintentional everyday misogyny. It’s exhausting sometimes but for some reason this week’s episode has stuck with me so this is my way of processing it, saying it’s still not ok and issuing one of those…
Angry Crochet
…or Prayer as Protest. Thoughts from our Wednesday Eucharist…The news is full of speech about protest, and violence and racism, and looting. Much of it is inexcusable and frankly incomprehensible to many of us. Whilst the violence and aggression and racism deserve to be named as such and condemned, it can be hard to work…
Musings of a Maverick Priest 