As Team Tanzania we had an amazing trip for other reasons apart from achieving what we set out to do, meeting brothers and sisters in Christ, being blessed and being a blessing. We had the opportunity virtually every day, to drink in the sights and sounds of that beautiful country.…
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Naming nature
Last month I looked at trees and how Debbie and I made our email address – we created our own name using Gingertree. This month I thought I’d look at names and particularly naming the nature around us. As human’s we like to know someone’s name. It’s the beginning…
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Trees
Some of you may know quite well by now our email address. The prefix of that address is Gingertree72. There is a little story behind that. Debbie and I both have an affinity with trees, particularly in reference to: Jeremiah 17:7-8 (Ps 1:3): Blessed is the person who trusts Yahweh…
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Saving souls or the planet
Should we as Christians really be bothered about looking after the planet? After all it’s going to be burnt up (or is it?) – should our job not be about saving souls? I was musing on these things recently after a few comments I read on a social network site.…
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Water works
Recently I bought a book to help me at work called Wow! Our Amazing Planet – A cross- curricular conservation resource for RE teachers (ideal for KS1 and 2) written by a friend of mine. I was reading it to improve my knowledge and in it I read about pigeons! Pigeons are…
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Christmas and creation
This is the time of year when we start looking towards Christmas and what that entails. It is a time when we are surrounded by so many demands on our time and finances. For us as Christians we look towards Christ’s first coming but what does that mean for us…
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God who provides through nature
As the Tanzania team are preparing to go and being one of them I have been challenged in regards to how we will pay for it! When I say pay for it I mean financially and not figuratively, although we could do that too – observe us when we come…
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Becoming an eco-congregation and the Cost of creation
In July I attended the Diocesan summer school sessions on ‘Becoming an Eco-congregation; a local response’ and ‘The Cost of Creation’. There were a few others from Emmanuel there apart from myself and a small representation from different churches. In the first session we learnt about being an Eco-congregation through…
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Introducing A Rocha
A Rocha is probably my favourite charity as it combines all of my interests into one! If you don’t know of A Rocha I would like to introduce and commend it to you in this short piece. I first came across A Rocha back in the mid 90’s through reading…
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God’s mission; our mission
After a sermon by Bishop Scriven and a suggestion about explaining what creation care is, I thought I might share some thoughts on the matter. He (Jesus) said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. – Mark 16:15 NIV. When it comes to…
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Rainbows
Do you still get excited about seeing a rainbow? It’s something we may not get so excited about now that we are older as science has explained it away but I think there is still wonder at seeing a rainbow. I was reminded of something by looking at one a…
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Ghana March 1999
An Elephantine Experience It all began on a hot morning in March, when various members of the Ring tribe and I were bundled into a heavily laden 4wd, packed with the necessities for life: telescope, camera, binoculars, water filters, etc. The journey was uneventful except for experiencing “washboard” for the…