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This is the blog of Rev Dan Balsdon, Methodist minister currently serving the communities of Leatherhead, Cobham and Effingham in Surrey, and the South East Methodist District as an assistant chair.
Some of Dan’s most recent posts:
Unbounded Love, Bound Up
“So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him.” “Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.” John 18:14 & 24 Over the season of Lent 2024 I’ve been journeying with the theme ‘Unbounded Love’, a phrase that appears within Charles Wesley’s Hymn ‘Love Divine’, and the title…
Letting go of jumble on the jumble sale
After my wife and I married, we spent 6 happy years as part of Mount Charles Methodist Church, St Austell, Cornwall. Among the congregation was a wonderful lady named June. She played the church organ and, she was also the proud and seemingly life-long custodian of one of the brik-a-brak stalls at every church fayre.…
Does God watch The Traitors?
This week, the hit series The Traitors returned for it’s second UK series. It’s described as an ultimate murder mystery game, where more than 20 people compete in challenges to add money to the prize pot, and try to live to the end of the game to win the money. The twist – among the…
Farewell 2023
And so we come,To say farewell,To 2023.Through twists and turns,And ups and downs,An adventure we did see. When the year began,Home was still,By sea in Bognor Regis.Sea winds gusting,Sea gulls squawking,And lots that now we miss. The months preparing,To say goodbyeWere hard to say the least.Letting go of what’s known,And beginning the new,Can be a…
Advent: A time of Wanting
The 3rd in a 3 part series for the start of Advent Advent.A time of wanting. What do you want for Christmas?A new bike, a new microwave,A box of chocolates, but not one with the minty ones in… This world is filled with wants. Adverts, telling us what we want.Watching the news and desperately wanting…
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