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As a small child it depended on who I was staying with as to what church I attended. I was taken to an independent evangelical church, house church, Bible college and AOG Pentecostal (my uncle was the Pastor. When I was high school age I was sent to a high Anglical church on the orders of my...

Thank you Deborah! I find it very therapeutic to have something to do with my hands. The payer ropes are my favourites because the knots are complicated and keep my mind occupied. All of the above are made with 550 paracord but it results in the prayer ropes being very inflexible. I intend to...

Christ is risen! Some days it's hard to believe. Some days I don't behave as if it's true. I'm just so glad that when I read the gospel story I'm reminded of the truth! Christ is risen!

Hi All, I've been away for a while due to not feeling well but I feel confident enough to come back and maybe even join in discussions again. When things get difficult one of the things I like to do is tie knots, so I thought I would share a few pics of my progress over the last few months...

Just finished Fire of the North by David Adam; the illustrated life of St Cuthbert.

With Lent fast approaching I have been considering various devotional exercises. One that has been brought to mind by reading about monks memorising the entire Psalter is to learn a selection of Psalms, but which version? I currently use the NRSV bible for reading and study, but I also read the...

I'm new to Anglicanism and have never really observed lent before. I'm thinking that I should spend less time on the internet. I would also like to do some reading, maybe something about the Church Fathers.

My priest recently discovered that I am a member of two bands and play several instruments. He has asked me for help with music and leading worship for the monthly family service. The current format for the service is as the usual Sunday service, but with a children's address instead of the...

My dad said I was dedicated as a baby, not baptised. My mother and grandmother said I was christened as a child. I became a christian (you can argue this one out in another thread if you like) in my twenties after a traumatic conversion. When I met the girl who is now my wife I was baptised as...

My church has a regular healing eucharist once a month on a Sunday afternoon. I have never managed to get to this service before because of family commitments, but today I found myself home alone, so I decided to go along and attend this service for the first time. Present at the service were...

If you are into tying knots (as I am) you could always try this: Rosary Workshop: Service - Knotted Cord Rosaries and Chaplets

IIRC I was talking about my illness which struck two years ago and the fact that I'll be on medication for the rest of my life. Hmm, writing that has just given me a thought; the lady said she was involved in a healing ministry in her younger days, I wonder if she would be thinking that God...

This morning in church I was speaking to a very old lady who shared her life story with me (and it felt like a lifetime too ;-) ) she then asked me about my background and future hopes. As I was speaking to her she stopped me and told me that I had just made a pronouncement. Just at that moment...

I agree. My explaination is very simplistic, but I was trying to answer a very complex question in the confines of a single post. In the parable of the sower, three of the four types accept the word of God, but for one reason or another all but one falls away. I presume that when the word of...

It depends what you mean by "lose". You can't lose your salvation in the same way as you lose your car keys; you wake up in the morning and your keys are nowhere to be found, you search every where but to no avail. You may never see your car keys again because you have mislaid or lost them...

Sorry here too for perhaps not understanding your question Wirraway! The way I see it is this; I'm in the UK, many Catholic and Anglican churches are almost inseperable in their beliefs and ceremony (down the road there is an Anglican church that I so "High Church" that the Catholic priest...

Would it be classed as money laundering? :D

Just taken my jeans out of the washing machine and found my wallet still in the pocket. Good job I have no money! :o

I guess this may sound a bit simplistic, but start attending an Anglican church. I am a very simple person, I don't do church politics. It's between yourself and God, I wish you well!

So if I light a couple of candles tomorrow, will you both be able to extinguish them from 50 paces with those weapons? :D