Richard Hall Online

A Methodist Minister Blogging like it’s 2006

Richard Hall
Richard Hall
@richard@richardhall.online

Methodist minister serving as Superintendent of the Shropshire and Marches Circuit. Scout leader. Photography wannabe

152 posts
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  • Test post

    I’ve been playing around with WordPress a bit, so this is just a test to make sure I haven’t broken anything. Nothing to see here.

  • Lost Christmas

    Another little poem from R S Thomas

  • “Blind Noel” by R.S. Thomas

    The truth is, I’m not much of a lad for poetry. But something about R S Thomas always stirs me, even if I’m not sure I quite ‘get it’.

  • Christmas with Wesley #2

    I think this might be my favourite of Wesley’s Nativity hymns

  • Happy Christmas

    Nadolig Llawen…Hristos se rodi…Feliz Navidad…Nollaig chridheil huibh…Maligayang Pasko…En frehlicher Grischtdaag…Gledelig Jul…Meri Kirihimete…Linksmu Kaledu…Buone Feste Natalizie…Nodlaig mhaith chugnat…Mele Kalikimaka ame Hauoli Makahiki Hou…Bo Nada…Zalig Kerstfeest…Hyvaa joulua…Gajan Kristnaskon…Zorionak eta Urte Berri On… However you say it, I wish you a very happy Christmas!

  • Christmas with Charles Wesley

    The opening line would have been considered archaic even when it was written, so it isn’t suprising that this hymn was quickly revised to its more familiar version. But seeing as it’s Christmas, let’s go with the original version

  • Ozone holes and Climate Change

    The parallels between the threat to the ozone layer identified in the 1970s and the continuing “debate” about climate change are striking

  • Trickle-down economics

  • Eh Jesus? (Happy Birthday)

    A Christmas sketch by Kim Fabricius