Love one another with a pure heart fervently Every time I come across this verse it takes me back to my days as a chorister. 1 Peter 1:22...

The months between Pentecost and All Saints Day are called Ordinary Time (or, if you prefer, Trinity) in the Church calendar. That’s five...

A prayer from St Peter’s on Sea Sunday by Kat Butler: Dear Lord, we pray for all those who are away from their friends, family or home at...

I’m sure we’ve all read articles over the past few months reflecting on what some of the good things have been which have come out of...

St. Peter, St Alban and all the saints.... How often we hear those words in our Eucharistic prayer. In fact, the celebration of the two...

Often in the course of our weekday Morning Prayer the Church calendar commemorates a saint, or noteworthy person. Last week we remembered...

Yesterday I was ironing. Nothing spectacular about that but I was watching the football, excited about the first day of Euro 2020....

I’m a bit of a fan of these nature watch programmes. Chris Packham with his inimitable style of commentary draws me in to a world filled...

This past year we have all learnt to value the simple act of drawing breath. We have known life taken away when people cannot breathe...

We find ourselves again in the week between Ascension Day and Pentecost. The first time I wrote one of these weekly reflections was the...

I’ve been adding up the benefits from times of lockdown over this last year. And I conclude that whilst this year has been more...

Every spring, these verses from Song of Songs pop up in the Easter readings: Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for now the...

Yesterday's Gospel reading was the account of doubting Thomas. I was at St. Johns church in Markyate yesterday, and as I said to the...

What a joyful Easter Sunday! Over 150 of us gathered in the St Peters’ churchyard (& many others on line) to celebrate being together for...

Good Friday: the focus for hymn writers and poets – a tradition going back many centuries, one which picks up the depth of feeling of...

One of the themes of Holy Week is the fickleness of the people – the shift from the “Hosannah”s of Palm Sunday to the “crucify him” of...

Luke 22:39-46 He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place,...

Luke 22:1-23 It appears that the support of the crowds for Jesus as he rode into Jerusalem and their enthusiasm for his teaching were a...

In the film Finding Nemo, Dory, a blue-tang fish with short term memory loss, uses this song as a reminder not to give up. ‘Just keep...

Wouldn’t it be delightful to begin to think of lessons we might want to take with us out of lockdown? We are not free yet. The virus...