Posts by Rev. Derek Grimshaw (Page 6)

Changing your mind

One of the tasks for the modern minister is that from time to time I am asked to write a biopic for one website or another.  This is a fairly new phenomenon for me and is always an interesting process.  The other task that I need to accomplish around this time of the year is…

Letting stuff go

The great plan at the beginning of this year was that I would retire next summer when my appointment at Ipswich comes to an end.  Having had a three-month sabbatical earlier this year, I came to the conclusion that I’m not ready to hang up my dog collar yet, so decided to offer for a…

The mystery of Jesus

One of the advantages of being a minister in the East Anglia Methodist District is that every other year we are gifted with a Minister’s Retreat. We go away together for about forty-eight hours, we learn together, we relax together, share fellowship, and eat together, and it is an opportunity to withdraw from our everyday…

Justice and Power

Way back in the 1960’s my mum invested her hard-earned money in a Kenwood Chefette food mixer and this amazing little piece of kit revolutionised our lives. Mum insisted that the margarine and sugar were properly creamed when mixing a sponge cake and prior to the arrival of the food mixer, that required effort and…

Call it out, don’t walk on by

I spotted this car parked outside our local supermarket just in time before I walked straight into the ladders which extended across one of the main walkways into the entrance. I’m not particularly tall but could have sustained a nasty injury had I walked into them, fortunately the greatest inconvenience was having to duck to…