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


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,...

Thoughts on the Good Samaritan as Seen Through a Church Window.
The Most Reverend and the Most Irreverent. Or What I saw in Church. Words, picture, and reading by Stephen Gamble (You may go now)

Thoughts on Forgiveness.
Those who Trespass against us. Or Terriers Barking The other day I was walking the dogs out through the field, intending to head out the...

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.

Prayer is working with God.
Putting your Shoulders to the Task, or Why Pray? Imagine a farm yard around the end of the eighteen hundreds, with a stone built firm set...

Westgate Carr Road, Slow Air for Solo Violin, by Stephen Gamble. #Violin #fiddle #musicforsoloviolin
Westgate Carr Road is a long straight lane, lined by ditches, and punctuated by occasional farm and domestic buildings. It doesn't really...

‘Tombeau des Regrets’
This piece of music was inspired by ‘Tombeau des Regrets’ by the French Baroque composer, Sainte Colombe - not so much the music of that...

Change and Decay in Eternity.
Thoughts beside an Ancient Church. Church buildings are temporal memorials to eternal truths. They are built to mark out and protect a...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...












