VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy. That your families are likewise booming and burgeoning. Today I want to draw Your attention to those in our communities who have recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness. I am minded of the scene in The Theory of Everything where the late Stephen Hawking is hunched in a seat … Continue reading A Prayer for the Recently Diagnosed
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire, I trust You are well and happy. First, I must apologise for my failure to appear in the magazine last week. I was distracted by a family emergency and did not manage to upload my weekly prayer. I ask your kind forgiveness. This week I’d like You to pray for your children or the children of a loved one … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Children
VICAR This week, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I was fortunate enough to spend some time at a homeless shelter. There I played chess with a brilliant young man who has been dealt some rough cards in life and is on the way to rehab as I type. I met another man who lost everything in a divorce and is on the way back … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Homeless
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust I find You well and healthy. Today I’d like to focus on children. Children are a gift – an amazing blessing from God. Every single day we may find ourselves doing a lot for our kids, loving and caring for them, nurturing, teaching, training, helping, leading, equipping, encouraging, protecting, and so much more. We spend precious … Continue reading A Prayer for Our Children
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 … Continue reading A Prayer for Quiet
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I wish You a happy and peaceful Bank Holiday Sunday. As I look out across the fields I can almost see the smiles on the local farmers’ faces, that perhaps we are in for a period of weather consistent that they can work around. Today I give You a prayer of thanksgiving. Think of all the things for … Continue reading A Prayer of Thanksgiving
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I bid You a good day and an excellent week to come. How is Your faith? Do You pray? Or only when You are faced with a disaster? If Your faith is in dark places and expression otherwise seems unreal, remember that Your gratitude is not restricted to life experiences; your gratitude extends to mercies yet unrealised. The … Continue reading A Prayer for Faith
Good Morning, Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine. Vicar is away today. Instead, here is a prayer for those taking part in the London Marathon. Good luck to all of You. To the rest of you, a wonderful, sunny Sunday. Vicar will resume next week. Best regards. You are running, and the race is long. I pray that your eyes, your ears, your heart will … Continue reading A Prayer for the Marathon
VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well and healthy. I wish You all a peaceful Sunday and a great week ahead. I am told by the Editors that there are increasing numbers of farmers writing in who are fed up with the weather and its effects. Some desperate farmers are worried after losing sheep in Storm … Continue reading A Prayer For Farmers
