VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and enjoying the summer. This week I’d like to extend a prayer to those serving in the forces, those who have served in the forces, as well as those serving and who have served in the police. These men and women do and have done extraordinary things – they … Continue reading A Prayer for the Forces
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are healthy and that life is treating You and Your loved ones well. This week I would like You to look around You. It may be that You are looking at Your children, or photos of children. Look at Your home, Your car, Your pet. Look at the sky, the trees, the wildlife. Don’t … Continue reading A Prayer of Thanks
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I wish You and Your loved ones well. I trust that You have had a good week since my last message. Whether it is the passing of a beloved family dog, news that an old friend has a serious bout of cancer, or a child in tears because his parents cannot patch up their marriage, I get bombarded … Continue reading A Prayer for Hope
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well this beautiful, sunny Sunday morning. I hope Your loved ones are also well and that You all enjoy a peaceful day. I meet many families whose parents carry around with them piles of debt. I admire those fathers or mothers who keep the worry to themselves but I often fear for their … Continue reading A Prayer for Workaholics
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that by now You are well-recovered from last week’s cricket heroics. If You didn’t believe in miracles a week ago, You do now! This week I would like to focus on our daughters. As fathers it is inbuilt in our DNA to protect our daughters above all. We tend to interview … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Daughters
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I wish You all a wonderful and happy Sunday. I trust You get the result You want at the Grand Prix, at Wimbledon and – where my eyes shall be turned – at Lord’s. Today I’d like to address those who hate God. I understand why they do. I have met couples who have lost children, families who … Continue reading A Prayer of Thanks
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and enjoying the beautiful weather. These days time seems rarely to stand still. I see people running around, often literally, on the way to meetings, or to school pick-up or for some other reason. They are in a rush. They don’t have time to stop and ponder. They surely have … Continue reading A Prayer for Quiet
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and that Your families are happy and healthy. Today I ask of You to pray with me for leadership for our country. Arguably these have been fallow days at a time when we have needed a strong leader rather than a manager for our country. Is that about to change? Is the … Continue reading A Prayer for Leadership
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine I trust that You are well. Is that sunshine I see glistening through my window? I do believe it is. I trust that You get outside this Sunday. We are all scared. Even the most content of us are scared, when we come to think about what we are scared of. It may be death. It may be … Continue reading A Prayer for the Scared
