Rev Stephen Gamble
On Providence and the Bible.
On Providence and the Bible. Or What I don’t Understand and What I Do Not. This is my Study Bible. Back in my early twenties the Vicar of...
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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
Dogs Play Fight II
Hector and Wilfrid (he's the little one) play fighting. I put up a video of them fighting by the sofa before, but then recently I found...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Bagatelle for Oboe and Viola, 'To those who Dwell in Realms of Day', by Stephen Gamble.
The history of this piece of music is curious. I wrote it in 2007 for solo violin and submitted it for examination instead of an essay. I...
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
A Daydream.
If I Were a Rich Man Or My Ideal Car My ideal car is a modified Yellow Bedford HA Telecom’s Van from the nineteen eighties. I took a...
Rev Stephen Gamble
In a Church Yard.
Bony Providence Or Providential Questions. The other day whilst exploring the ruins of a Medieval Church, hidden deep in a wooded valley,...
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
Lament for a Silent Spring, by Stephen Gamble
'Silent Spring' is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson, published in 1962. The book details the devastating effects of...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Bracken Daydreams and Recollections.
The smell of warm bracken reminds me of my childhood, especially holidays in Wales. My parents would drive to some beauty spot, get out...
Rev Stephen Gamble
The Narrow Gate.
Jesus said, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Wild Roses.
I prefer wild roses to cultivated varieties, as both a botanical and a general principle.
Rev Stephen Gamble
The Finding of a Fossil.
Can God Count? Or The Finding of a Fossil. According to the bible the world is 4000 years old, but thanks to science we know that the...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Sonata Concitato, Temperato e Molle, by Stephen Gamble
.Sonata Concitato, Temperato e Molle (Solo Violin Sonata No 4) Back in 2004 I read about Monteverdi’s (1565 – 1643) theory that music...
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
Book Launch.
When publishing a book I believe it is customary to have a ‘book launch’, this usually involves a party, drinks and nibbles, invited...
Rev Stephen Gamble
Daydream No 3 (Beside the Beck), by Stephen Gamble
A beck is a stream, the word is commonly used across northern England and is of Norse origin. I find out of the way becks are a good...
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Two Little Sketches for Solo Violin: Lowna Mill and and the Dove in Spate, by Stephen Gamble
Lowna Mill is in Farndale, by the river Dove. A gently beautiful place lined with wild daffodils in the spring, but I have seen the Dove...
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Easter Reflection (although I was tempted to call it Easter Ramblings)
Once More it is Eventide. "At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one,...
Rev Stephen Gamble
The Skipster Hagg Jigg, by Stephen Gamble.
Preudio - Allegro - Postlude Hagg - A wooded enclosure (of Scandinavian origin: hogg - to hew) Written in 2016 From 'Music for Solo...
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