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The View from the Vicarage - June 2010

It was our final night as we were walking towards the Big Top at Spring Harvest. I recalled friends returning from this 10 years ago saying how everyone had been given £10 and asked to use it to raise £100 and send the money back to the charity. I had wondered how I would turn £10 into £100. However, this night, I thought if that happened now I would use it to kick-start the café and send the first £100 to the charity. When we arrived at the meeting, everyone was handed an envelope with the instruction not to open it until told to do so.

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Monday, 31/05/2010 - 8:47am
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The View from the Vicarage - May 2010

Another: On the 1st day, God created the dog and said:
‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of 20 years.'
The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only 10 years and I'll give you back the other 10?'
So God agreed.
On the 2nd day, God created the monkey and said:
'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a 20 year life span.'

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Sunday, 09/05/2010 - 9:26am
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The View from the Vicarage - April 2010

A touch of Easter shopping?

As I was walking down life's highway
many years ago
I came upon a sign that read
Heavens Grocery Store.

When I got a little closer
The doors swung open wide
And when I came to myself
I was standing inside.

I saw a host of Angels.
They were standing everywhere
One handed me a basket
And said 'My child shop with care.'

Everything a human needed
Was in that grocery store
And what you could not carry
You could come back for more

First I got some patience.
Love was in that same row.
Further down was understanding,

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Friday, 09/04/2010 - 9:59am
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The View from the Vicarage - Jan 2010

About a year ago, you may remember Magdeline Makola, a nurse in Scotland, was locked in the boot of her own car for 10 days without food or water and deprived of her basic needs. Her captor had threatened to kill her if she didn’t give him the PIN number to her bank account. Magdeline miraculously survived this harrowing ordeal and was rescued by the police but suffered ongoing anger and hatred towards her abductor until one day she read ‘The Word 4U 2Day’.

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Friday, 01/01/2010 - 3:24pm
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The View from the Vicarge - November 2009

The continuing story of Jack and Jill…

Submitted by villageadmin on Saturday, 31/10/2009 - 10:16am
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The View from the Vicarage - October 2009

When I was but a lad I lived in London and when I was 9 my parents changed my primary school. This meant that I used to travel on my own 3 stops on the tube and 2 stops on the bus to get to school. London buses at the time were renowned for their ‘convoys’. You wouldn’t see one for ages then 3 or 4 would turn up at once, all packed to the rafters so you couldn’t get on!

Submitted by Anonymous on Saturday, 31/10/2009 - 10:15am
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The View from the Vicarge - September 2009

I recently received this curious e-mail:

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Saturday, 05/09/2009 - 8:25pm
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The View from the Vicarge - August 2009

The L o n g Silence
– a short story for the holidays

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Sunday, 19/07/2009 - 10:45am
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The View from the Vicarage - July 2009

I rather suspect, although I write these pieces nearly a month in advance, that people will still be angry with our politicians. I expect that the parties will be vying with one another to assure us that their party ‘has the answer’ about how to fix things.

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Sunday, 19/07/2009 - 10:42am
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The View from the Vicarge - June 2009

Does it seem to you that someone has made a mess of things?

Life seems to be getting more difficult for many despite our efforts to hold things together. Politicians don’t seem to know what to do to fix things (or how to set us a good example), job prospects are uncertain to say the least whether a lorry driver or an architect, our wealth and pensions are shrinking, and it all puts such stress into our family lives.

How did we get to this?

Submitted by Rob Godfrey on Thursday, 04/06/2009 - 1:06pm
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