They say time flies when you are having fun. I’m not sure whether anyone would categorise 2020 as fun but it is certainly flying. In the last few months, Ruth and I have been 99.99999% confined to each other’s company. It has given us opportunities as well as time to pause for thought. One of
“It’s a fair cop” was the reply I gave when I was asked this on Sunday morning. My honest answer is that I haven’t had much time between the being creative bits to document what I have done. Then a plague befell our household all over Christmas and New Year which wiped us out. We
We’ve moved… Over the course of the last few years The SutherlandsTM have grown a variety of online presences for various different things. Both of the bands have websites. We’ve got Facebook pages, twitter accounts and so on. In an attempt to try and pull things together I’ve moved us to a self hosted site
The Reverend Robert Sutherland, currently Assistant Curate, Morley Team Parish to be Vicar of Illingworth and Mixenden. Details of Robb’s installation and induction will be announced at a later date. In many ways this past week and today have been a bit of a blur. The announcement was made by the church warden this morning
Three years ago I was released from theological college into an unsuspecting world. The bishop placed his hands upon me in the cathedral and my life changed forever. I’d like to tell you that I was instantly transformed into a confident and competent minister at that very moment. The truth of the matter is
They seek him here, they seek him there…. Many apologies for my apparent lack of presence on the blog for the past month. I’ve got a note from my mum and this is what it says: Dear internet, Please excuse Robb’s absence in the last few weeks. He had a very busy time with Christmas
From the “Paradise City” cam Changing worship blogs are like busses. You wait for over a week and then they all turn up at once. I want to say a few words of thanks for the Rock Mass at Dewsbury Minster last Saturday night. The event was great to be part of. In the six years
I have just realised that in the business of the last two weeks I have forgotten to mention this!! Burton Road Methodist Churchis holding a Rock Communion service in Lincoln. Metanoia are going to be there two weeks on Sunday at 6pm. Graeme, Ali, Ruth and I were all at college together with their minister, The Sten (The Reverend
It seems only two minutes since I found myself standing before the congregation as a “community leader” to talk about the headline news from Norway. And yet, here I find myself once more. It is a strange place to be as people look to me to try and make sense of the world around them. The church can sometimes