Rev Stephen Gamble
This transitory life.
We humbly beseech Thee, of Thy goodness, O Lord, to comfort and succour all them who in this transitory life are in trouble, sorrow,...
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REV STEPHEN GAMBLE
Music, sermons, notes & videos of my dogs.
Having originally started with posting sermons on this Blog I branched out to include videos of my dogs, articles I have written, and some of my music.
The things I write are as full of inelegance and error as any other quality I may rather they posses, but they may possibly be useful or even entertaining to you - maybe if only to take issue with what I have said.
Vicar (part - time) of the Welland Foss Benefice
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Rev Stephen Gamble
Altitude and Attitude.
High Askew late one autumn afternoon, below the vale was thick with fog, a reminder that sometimes you have to climb to see clearly.
Rev Stephen Gamble
Gate Post.
Aged gate post showing varied forms of fixing down the years, from lift and slot in, hinge holes, chains, and the farmer's favourite -...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Everlasting to Everlasting.
The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone, and its place...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Wild Roses.
I prefer wild roses to cultivated varieties, as both a botanical and a general principle.
Rev Stephen Gamble
The Falling of Evening Shadows.
Landscape has a generous capacity for standing as a metaphor for human experience. Especially the play of light and dark. At present...
Rev Stephen Gamble
"April is the cruelest month" TS Eliot
I think the beginning of Spring is hard, the clocks have changed, April has come round, it's a bit warmer but still chilly at times, and...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Through Lent to Easter
Though in a bare and rugged way through devious lonely wilds I stray, thy bounty shall my pains beguile; the barren wilderness shall...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Deo Volente
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Small Velocity.
Wilfrid although very small can proceed with great velocity when he is inclined to do so. The shortness of his legs combined with their...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Dog Solutions.
(in no particular order) Lick it Growl at it Bark at it Bite it Wag at it Run away Wee on it #dogsolutions #dogs
Rev Stephen Gamble
Fruit Salads and Black Jacks.
Fruit Salads and Black Jacks. Or Becoming like a Little Child. Fruit Salads and Black Jacks, small wrapped sweeties. I used to buy them...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Early Evening Autumn light.
Early on an autumn evening the low sunlight fades thin casting long shadows and touching the landscape with mild luminosity. The air is...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Wool not Plastic.
Sheep pens set up ready for Masham Sheep Fair. Evidence that not every where has become a postmodern Mall of plastic meanings.
Rev Stephen Gamble
Gleaning my Saviour.
"I walk, I lift up, I lift up heart, eyes, Down all that glory in the heavens to glean our Saviour." From 'Hurrahing in Harvest' by...
Rev Stephen Gamble
A Son of the Soil.
The soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head (Mark 4:26) I once knew a young Malaysian man who described himself as a...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Ecclesiastes 11:7
Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. KJV
Rev Stephen Gamble
Never Walk in Darkness.
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12...
Rev Stephen Gamble
In the end what counts?
In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human successes, but on how well we have loved. Saint John...
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