Thinking about a book!

I need to say a huge thank you to those lovely people who’ve sent me messages to encourage me to write more. I’m still unsure what ministry will mean over the next year and a bit and have no idea where it will be. But a lot of people have said maybe my call for now is to write and to support others as I slowly build myself up. 

I’ve had a book in me for ages since my sabbatical and maybe it is time to actually put it together. I have thoughts on journeying: perhaps an opening chapter on why we journey, then a chapter on journeying with tradition using some work I did on sabbatical in Lancashire and Manchester, then a chapter on journeying on Shetland (again using sabbatical writing), then a chapter on journeying to the cross and resurrection on Holy Island then a final chapter on the ongoing journey. Would anyone read this?? 

We have a journey between tomorrow and May 2 sorting life out in various places before we return to Hailsham. We haven’t a clue about very much at the moment but as I’ve tried to write this past week and a bit, we trust...

I like this collect for the first week of Easter:

God of glory,

by the raising of your Son

you have broken the chains of death and hell:

fill your Church with faith and hope;

for a new day has dawned

and the way to life stands open

in our Saviour Jesus Christ.

That’s the hope: the way to life stands open.

And the lectionary Psalm tonight is Og smited!!!

Psalm 136

1  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is gracious, •

   for his mercy endures for ever.

2  Give thanks to the God of gods, •

   for his mercy endures for ever.

3  Give thanks to the Lord of lords, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

4  Who alone does great wonders, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

5  Who by wisdom made the heavens, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

6  Who laid out the earth upon the waters, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

7  Who made the great lights, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

8  The sun to rule the day, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

9  The moon and the stars to govern the night, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

10  Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

11  And brought out Israel from among them, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

12  With a mighty hand and outstretched arm, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

13  Who divided the Red Sea in two, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

14  And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

15  But Pharaoh and his host he overthrew in the Red Sea, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

16  Who led his people through the wilderness, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

17  Who smote great kings, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

18  And slew mighty kings, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

19  Sihon, king of the Amorites, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

20  And Og, the king of Bashan, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

21  And gave away their land for a heritage, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

22  A heritage for Israel his servant, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

23  Who remembered us when we were in trouble, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

24  And delivered us from our enemies, •

   for his mercy endures for ever;

25  Who gives food to all creatures, •

   for his mercy endures for ever.

26  Give thanks to the God of heaven, •

   for his mercy endures for ever.