There’s something about jazz. It just works for me. I find some contemporary compositions in modern music too complex to grapple with,...

This Sunday it was Climate Sunday and after we read Psalm 8 Em said her talk could be summed up in one word – WOW! We live in an amazing...

Anyone who has spent time in a predominantly Muslim city will have found themselves tuning-in to the call to prayer from innumerable...

Sour Grapes “In those days they will no longer say “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge” Jeremiah...

As I sat on the beach, watching my granddaughter take such pleasure in filling her bucket with water which she then tipped into the hole...

GOLD The Tokyo 2020 Olympics came to a close yesterday and we celebrated the incredible achievements and inspirational stories of people...

Have you had a message, heard the news? Or, more recently, been ‘pinged’? We have reached such a state of weary alertness that some of...

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...