Andrew Dotchin (tssf) he/him

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 12 Do you sometimes say in your heart, 'So-and-so is very hard to put up with'?  If God puts up with us we ought also to put up with one another. 

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 12

Do you sometimes say in your heart, 'So-and-so is very hard to put up with'?  If God puts up with us we ought also to put up with one another. 

The Wonder of the Cross – Day 20 – He Made A Way in a Manger It does not matter where we, or those close to us, have met the generous love of our Beloved, it only matters that with us He may find a place where he can ‘Lay down His sweet head…..’

The Wonder of the Cross – Day 20 – He Made A Way in a Manger

It does not matter where we, or those close to us, have met the generous love of our Beloved, it only matters that with us He may find a place where he can ‘Lay down His sweet head…..’

We have some Cathedral Pilgrimages coming up:

Saturday 25 April: Lavenham Parish Church to the Cathedral
Saturday 9 May: Rogationtide Walk, Exning & Newmarket Parishes
Saturday 16 May: Little Gidding Annual Pilgrimage

For more information and registration: markhaworth@stedscathedral.org

I have a very very old book of blessings for pretty much everything originally published by CR Mirfield @cor-mirfield.bsky.social
One of my retirement projects is to re-write it in contemporary English.
I suspect Frank Colquhoun won’t have to look to his laurels yet tho’…. 😉

Brexiter Arlene Foster who now sits in the House of Lords wants to cut welfare support and spend the money on defence instead

Brexit costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax income every year,if we didn't have Foster's Brexit we could keep supporting those in need while also ramping up defence spending

Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.

The National Theatre will stream The Importance of Being Earnest starring Ncuti Gatwa for free. The performance from the winter 2024/25 run will be on YouTube from 12 March. A watch-along premiere will be at 7pm GMT, during which viewers will have the opportunity to interact through chat/polls. 👜

This is a scandal at the heart of the NHS …

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 11 If we seem to receive a stone when we pray today, let us rejoice, for we know the blessed secret of the rock and the flint.

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 11

If we seem to receive a stone when we pray today, let us rejoice, for we know the blessed secret of the rock and the flint.

It would be nice - not sure I’d like the job of trying to sort through them though….

… @zebsoanes.com are you able to do any favours so that a fellow @stedscath.bsky.social Canon’s choices get a higher place in the chart 😉😃

A picture of a cello being played and the words. Vote Now Classic fm Hall of Fame

Biggest decision of Lent made
Choices for @classicfm.com Hall of Fame
As this is my final Easter as vicar of a parish all are finales:
Finale from the Firebird 🐦‍🔥
Final movement of Beethoven’s final symphony - IYKYK
and
Worthy is the Lamb - final chorus from Handel’s Messiah

What would you choose?

Men protecting women’s spaces by chasing and harassing a woman 🤦🏽‍♂️😔

Join us for the 2026 Festival of Preaching, a dedicated space for clergy, lay ministers, and all who preach, to enrich their craft...

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#festivalofpreaching #churchtimes #canterburypress

Incredible to read the sermon I heard on Sunday summed up so succinctly here...

a woman is sitting in a chair with her arms outstretched . Alt: a woman is sitting in a chair with her arms outstretched

Does Two Pints 🍻 of Lager and a packet of Crisps count as at least being almost perhaps slightly sacramental 😉😂

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 10 Let us turn to our Father.  Then, though our questions may not be answered... we shall surely hear in the depths of our hearts good and comfortable words.

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 10

Let us turn to our Father.  Then, though our questions may not be answered... we shall surely hear in the depths of our hearts good and comfortable words.

The Wonder of the Cross – Day 18 – Stronger than the Storm Yes, I like the idea of a life of riding peacefully at anchor Yes, I look forward to, like the weaned child of Psalm 131, having a soul at peace. No, I’m not at all sure I want our Beloved to be in complete control of my life!

The Wonder of the Cross – Day 18 – Stronger than the Storm

Yes, I like the idea of a life of riding peacefully at anchor Yes, I look forward to, like the weaned child of Psalm 131, having a soul at peace. No, I’m not at all sure I want our Beloved to be in complete control of my life!

Man of La Mancha (1972) - The Impossible Dream Scene (6/9) | Movieclips YouTube video by Movieclips

…with which thought my mind has now cast #47 in the role of Don Quixote. Miracles may happen yet…

youtu.be/oo7VlD66ISM?...

Time to push ahead with the building of windmills 😉

Talyllyn Railway | Upcoming Events - Talyllyn Railway

Guys, I have found the ultimate expression of Anglican spirituality. Stations at Stations, on a steam-hauled service, led by a former bishop of Sodor and Man.

www.talyllyn.co.uk/events/stati...

✝️⚓️

We wants one 💝
Would make a marvellous addition to my rosary making supplies

Art review: Sanctuary by Nicholas Mynheer (Portsmouth Cathedral) THE exhibition “Sanctuary” tells a story as it unfolds through paintings and sculptures surrounding the nave of Portsmouth Cathedral. The story that it tells is one that equates the flight into Egypt — which, in the Coptic Orthodox Church’s tradit...

"Mynheer’s stylistic depiction of human figures complements both the violence that he depicts and the sanctuary that is eventually found."

Jonathan Evens sees Nicholas Mynheer’s exhibition 🎨@portsmouthcathedral.org.uk 🎨

#Art #PortsmouthCathedral #NicholasMynheer

Miss Sr Helen Julian - never knowingly minced her words but did so with gentleness and compassion

Not the only place. Soweto - sounds like an indigenous African name but is and Acronym for SOuth WEstern TOwnship…
Just a tad better than the subsidised Putco Busses which made apartheid possible by ferrying workers from ‘Black’ townships to ‘White’ factories - Peri-Urban Transport COmpany

Andrew Dotchin holding a baby that he has just baptised.

Welcome to the family little one 💝
Moments like this make all the long meetings and machinations of being a vicar worth it.
I started the day a bit worn out and run down but ended it with more joy and hope than I’ll ever deserve
#CofEPeeps ✝️

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 9 Whether it is rain or sunshine for us today, let us begin our song with thanksgiving.

Whispers of His Power – MARCH 9

Whether it is rain or sunshine for us today, let us begin our song with thanksgiving.

The Wonder of the Cross – Day 17 – Undivided Heart ... joy of joys we discover, along with Vicky, that sometimes what we thought was broken was beautiful all along.  And this has been so since our beloved breathed the Breath of Life into us.

The Wonder of the Cross – Day 17 – Undivided Heart

... joy of joys we discover, along with Vicky, that sometimes what we thought was broken was beautiful all along.  And this has been so since our beloved breathed the Breath of Life into us.

An almost empty bottle of Glenmorangie whiskey 🥃 with a glass of whiskey next to it

A young Alick Dotchin in Royal Navy uniform seated at the asdic station onboard HMS Valiant and his words If no one is complaining you're doing your job wrong (Alick Dotchin)

By my reckoning it would have been my dad’s 90th birthday today.
True Scot and long-serving submariner who visited the North Pole more times than he was allowed to tell us.
Now resting on the sea-bed near the Sugar Boat near Clydemouth.
Run Silent. Run Deep Dad
Slainté
#Glenmorangie