A Prayer to Resist Temptations

Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. This week I want to focus on temptation. I was watching Last Days in the Desert recently, starring Ewan McGregor as Christ. The movie’s executive producer, Erik Lokkesmoe, describes Last Days in the Desert as an “imagined chapter in Scripture.” It’s fiction, in other words, not wholly unlike The Young Messiah. And like Messiah, … Continue reading A Prayer to Resist Temptations

A Prayer for Low Sunday

VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well and healthy and that You enjoyed Easter celebrations last weekend. The Sunday after Easter is unofficially called “empty pew Sunday”. Everybody and their brother comes to church on Easter Sunday and it is the highest attendance in the year other than Christmas Eve. The Sunday after Easter is almost a ghost town, … Continue reading A Prayer for Low Sunday

Happy Easter

VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I wish You a very Happy Easter this Easter Sunday! I trust that You are well and in celebratory mood despite the ongoing rains. Easter Sunday marks Jesus’s resurrection. After Jesus was crucified on the Friday his body was taken down from the cross and buried in a cave tomb. The tomb was guarded by Roman soldiers and … Continue reading Happy Easter

Palm Sunday

VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You are well. Today is Palm Sunday and holy week begins for Christians across the globe. Obviously let us spare a thought and a prayer for those Christians in Ukraine this week. What is Palm Sunday and why is it considered important? On Palm Sunday Jesus arrived in Jerusalem to crowds and cheers. His triumphant entry … Continue reading Palm Sunday

A Prayer for the Lonely

Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that You and Your families are well. This week I’d like once again to focus on Britain’s lonely. There seem to be so many people out there who suffer from loneliness and it’s such a sad feature of our country. Loneliness can affect anyone. Experiences of loneliness can vary, but its effects can be profound and wide-ranging. … Continue reading A Prayer for the Lonely

A Prayer for Political Prisoners

VICAR Dear Readers of Country Squire Magazine, I trust that my Sunday message finds You well and relaxed this February weekend. This week I ask You to spare a few minutes to pray for political prisoners around the world. Jesus himself became a political prisoner. We should look into each case and decide for ourselves whether prisoners merit their sentences. In the case of political … Continue reading A Prayer for Political Prisoners