Several years ago, I was at a large dinner, filled with people I did not know. I was looking forward to an enjoyable evening. But my heart sank as I […]

How can local churches respond to the mounting climate crisis? What might our ecological futures look like? Do we need a change of heart as well as a change in […]

      How can local churches respond to the mounting climate crisis? What might our ecological futures look like? Do we need a change of heart as well as […]

  It is good to be able to be sent on my way with such huge appreciation and affection. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to my present and […]

  From Sarah Dallas Licensed Lay Minister   Like many people last week, I reflected on the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh. The simplicity and austerity of the service was moving. Solemn and […]

  The Feast of Candlemas, which the church celebrates this Sunday, is an ancient holy time. It comes 40 days after Christmas marking the end of the glorious season of […]

January 2021 Dear Friends, Epiphanytide, the weeks following Christmas, the most beautiful of church seasons, is a time of revelation and truth. The stark outline of trees against an ever-changing […]

In the New Testament, peace has nothing to do with pastel painted scenes of beaches and waterfalls and mindfulness exercises to attain inner peace. Peace comes through struggle and pain. When […]

Dear Friends, Historians are in demand these days. Medieval archaeologists have been examining the impact of the Black Death that killed roughly half the known population of Europe, North Africa, […]

Dear Friends,   For the past month we have been marking ‘Creationtide’. This is a relatively new season in the church calendar, established in 2007 by Churches Together in Britain […]

Dear Friends,   SEPTEMBER 2020   As many amongst us face a ‘new term’ in these challenging times, the psalms invite us to ‘Sing to the Lord a new song…’ […]