Regular readers of this reflection will know that I recently had a short stay in hospital. The journey began late on Ash Wednesday and led, inexorably, through A&E to hospital admission. During...
From The Rectory – Marks of Faith
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St Mary’s Church Coddenham
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Truly the Son of God, but not Godly
At the launch of the St Mary’s Appeal in January this year, the church displayed some fascinating artefacts to accompany a talk by Roy Tricker. Coddenham History Recorder John Pelling, takes up the...
From The Rectory – A Timely Reminder
Looking out from the 6th floor of Ipswich hospital, I was struck by how straight the horizon was. Below me lay the Ipswich suburbs and beyond the horizon was punctuated by the occasional man-made...
Fun February Quiz
Fun February Quiz Friday 23rd February at The Coddenham Centre Teams of up to 6. Bat and raffle. Tickets £6 per person, from Coddenham Community Shop, includes hot supper. Supper at 7pm, quiz...
What is a ‘quarry’?
A quarry? Somewhere where stone is mined? An animal pursued by a hunter? Correct, but did you know that a quarry is also a diamond-shaped pane of glass used in lattice windows? From the 16th...
From the Rectory – The Written Word
In the beginning was The Word. Recently I heard a radio commentator reflecting on the growing use of electronically typed and transmitted words and the adverse effect this was having on the practice...
From the Rectory – Mud On The Road
Turning off the main road and heading up the hill I could see in the field ahead a strange looking machine. Between the machine and the road lay a long pile of sugar beet; it’s harvest time again....
From the Rectory – In the beginning was the Word
The opening words of St John’s Gospel; words made familiar more than anywhere else, as the climax of countless carol services. Christmas is done for another year. Last Sunday we marked the...
Thank You Coddenham
Many thanks to all those who supported the launch of the St Mary's Church appeal on Saturday. The talk by Roy Tricker, the exhibition by the History Club and the opportunity to see Church artefacts...
From the Rectory – The Wind Blows
The wind blows where it chooses, you hear the sound of it, you do not know where it comes from or goes. The wind is certainly doing a lot of blowing of late. Last night (Sunday) it rattled around...