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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. 

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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.

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Vicar (part - time) of the Welland Foss Benefice






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Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 23, 20191 min read

Sunshine and Waves.

"...he who appoints the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 23, 20191 min read

Almighty Wings

All praise to thee, my God, this night, for all the blessings of the light! Keep me, O keep me, King of kings, beneath thine own almighty...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 23, 20191 min read

Light for the New Year. Jan 1st 2019

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20191 min read

Who?

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20191 min read

Glory be to God on high.

On Christmas Eve in the afternoon, between preparing for services and taking them, we went for a walk up in Colsterdale. The pictures are...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20191 min read

Shifting Shadows

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like the shifting...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20191 min read

Achievement.

Q. What are you going to achieve with the rest of your life? A. l have played Corelli's Op 5 No 10, I'm not sure I have to achieve...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20195 min read

Remembrance Day Homily. Wath, 2018.

This time last year there was some controversy in the national press about the hymn ‘Onward Christian Soldiers.’ It was reported that a...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20191 min read

On a lonely Path.

...and surely I am always with you, even to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:20

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20191 min read

Sow Righteousness.

Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord until he comes...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20191 min read

Another Reason I Pray. 30 Oct 2018

This time of year in North Yorkshire Evening Prayer takes place in darkness. I love the remoteness and sense of being hidden within a...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 19, 20192 min read

One Reason I Pray...

One reason I pray is that it gives me a time of stillness in an otherwise ever turning world. A time to stop and be myself. To be as...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 18, 20191 min read

A Sea without a Shore

How great a being Lord, is thine, Which doth all beings keep! Thy knowledge is the only line To sound so vast a deep. Thou art a sea...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 18, 20191 min read

The Rector's Rant

Rant by Me. Scots – 1. noun – an energetic dance or its tune; 2.verb – to make merry, to frolic)

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 18, 20191 min read

Harvest Fields.

View from Kirklington Churchyard from where you can see harvested fields beyond the wall. It reminds me of the harvest tide hymn, "Come...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 18, 20191 min read

Consolation.

Sometimes ministry asks of me more than I am willing to give or bear but by grace there is always consolation that I may yet console...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 18, 20191 min read

Consider.

Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labour or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 18, 20192 min read

From the Rectory May 2018.

“Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” This picture hangs in the Vestry at Kirklington church. The quote...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Feb 18, 20192 min read

From the Rectory April 2018

I have now been Rector of Kirklington, Burneston, Wath and Pickhill for two years. Not long after I started working in these parishes we...

 
 
 
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