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Erratic Vicar

just a note

Posted on November 26, 2016 by 1urcher

I will be posting here occasionally…. but I am also to be found here: http://eccentricvicarandlurchers.blogspot.co.uk/ I know it is a bit confusing and complex. Then that is quite like me…. I have just posted this in the other place I … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Sunday 2016

Posted on November 13, 2016 by 1urcher

Ailadrodd hanes. Mae’n rhaid iddo. Nid oes unrhyw un yn gwrando Geiriau gan y bardd Saesneg Cristnogol, Steve Turner. Dan ni’n byw yn y byd lle mae’n hawdd peidio â gwrando Gwersi o hanes yn cael ei anghofio. Today is … Continue reading →

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A poem for Adoption Sunday

Posted on November 6, 2016 by 1urcher

Not flesh of my flesh Not bone of my bone But still miraculous, My own Never forget For a single minute That you not being from my loins Has made me into a different kind of man And a changed … Continue reading →

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Ground control to planet teenager

Posted on October 17, 2016 by 1urcher

So, well I occasionally get to visit planet teenager. I am on planet adult or as inhabitants of planet teenager might call it planet different. It is sometimes known as planet retro for those fleeting moments that it becomes cool. … Continue reading →

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The Planet Teenager

Posted on October 16, 2016 by 1urcher

I am a parent of a teenager. I am currently on a course for parents of teenagers. Let me be clear my teenager and I love each other in a dad/lad sort of way. You might be forgiven for thinking … Continue reading →

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Tobacco Experience

Posted on October 16, 2016 by 1urcher

I found myself having to buy tobacco recently. It was an interesting experience. I had never actually stood at a newsagents counter and asked for tobacco before. I am convinced I perspired profusely as I did so, conscious of everyone … Continue reading →

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Cwrs Iesu?

Posted on October 1, 2016 by 1urcher

Cwrs Wlpan and its follow on course are an effective way of teaching Welsh. I have just begun Cwrs Pellach. Pob Dydd Wener, dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg y Prifysgol Bangor. Cwrs Wlpan is built upon the same principles that ensured … Continue reading →

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I am an evangelical, I am

Posted on September 29, 2016 by 1urcher

I am an evangelical, I am An evangelical is meant to be be a person of good news, who knows what it means to be embraced by God and longs to do the same to all, without hesitation. An evangelical … Continue reading →

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Church Traditions: have they disappeared?

Posted on September 28, 2016 by 1urcher

I mean by Church traditions what I might have meant by churchmanship many years ago. I am extraordinarily inclusive when it comes to church traditions, except I have never been a liberal or understood liberalism. It does not seem to … Continue reading →

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Door to Door: easy evangelism

Posted on September 28, 2016 by 1urcher

‘It is the bread and butter of evangelistic work’ was a phrase often found on the lips of a London City Missioner referring to door to door evangelism. It is the simple practice of just knocking unannounced on someone’s door … Continue reading →

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