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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
Aug 25, 20193 min read

Considerations of Dostoevsky's Error.

Retelling the Story. Or Telling it like it is. John Bayley, in his editor’s introduction to Pushkin’s verse novel ‘Eugene Onegin’, points...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 25, 20191 min read

Ecclesiastes 11:7

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. KJV

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 23, 20192 min read

Conrad on Advancement

It’s Tough at the Top Or It’s Tough at the Bottom If you have ever wondered why so many who have authority over us seem to lack wisdom,...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 17, 20191 min read

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...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 11, 20193 min read

The Most Reverend and the Most Irreverent.

The Most Reverend and the Most Irreverent. Or What I saw in Church. I rather liked this window that I saw in the Church of St Mary the...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 9, 20191 min read

The Whitby Grape Lane Jig.

Also known as The Rector's Excuse Me. From 'Music for Solo Violin Volume II: North Yorkshire, and a Scottish Excursion' at Lulu.com

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 3, 20193 min read

Butterworth and Kleist.

The Banks of Green Willow Or St Cecilia or The Power of Music George Butterworth noted down the folk tune ‘The banks of Green Willow’ as...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Aug 3, 20191 min read

The Power of Logic.

The Power of Logic Or Reason Unzipped. I have decided to stop zipping up my trouser fly. It takes about a second to zip up and a second...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jul 21, 20191 min read

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...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jul 12, 201929 min read

Jude the Obscured.

A Consideration of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Jude the Obscure’ by a Minister of the Christian Religion. I perhaps would have been better to read...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 29, 20191 min read

Title for Prospective Autobiography.

Title for prospective autobiography- 'Don't mind me, I'm only passing through'. No intention of writing the thing, that is sufficient....

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 26, 20192 min read

Circling Jack.

Almost hidden from sight by the thick woods at the base of the massive Whitestone Cliff on Sutton Bank lies Gormire Lake. Science tells...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 25, 20197 min read

The Brewing of Soma

The Brewing of Soma Or Intoxicated Anglicans. I was delighted to discover that the verses of the hymn ‘Dear Lord and Father of...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 21, 20191 min read

What makes you happy?

Someone recently asked me, 'what makes you happy?' I avoided answering, it is too large a question, there are numerous things that make...

 
 
 
Writer: Rev Stephen Gamble
Rev Stephen Gamble
Jun 20, 20191 min read

The Beauty of Thy Peace.

Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease; Take from our souls the strain and stress, And let our ordered lives...

 
 
 
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