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

Richard Butler
Jul 12, 20212 min read


Prayer for Sea Sunday
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...

Alex Huzzey
Jul 12, 20211 min read


Grass and Reeds and Papyrus will grow...
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...

Alex Huzzey
Jul 6, 20212 min read


St. Peter, St Alban and all the saints....
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...

Margaret Tinsley
Jun 28, 20212 min read


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

Mark Dearnley
Jun 21, 20211 min read


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

Ruth Dearnley
Jun 14, 20212 min read


Springwatch is Back!
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...

Mark Dearnley
May 31, 20211 min read


Breathe
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...

Gill Keir
May 24, 20211 min read


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

Margaret Blake
May 17, 20211 min read


A Gift of Song
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...

Mark Dearnley
May 10, 20211 min read


The time of singing has come...
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...

Alex Huzzey
Apr 25, 20212 min read


From Doubt to Hope
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...

Em Coley
Apr 12, 20212 min read


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

Ruth Dearnley
Apr 6, 20211 min read


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

Margaret Tinsley
Apr 2, 20213 min read


Humility, not hubris
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...

Richard Butler
Apr 1, 20212 min read


Lingering in Gethsemane
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,...

Alex Huzzey
Mar 30, 20212 min read


Betrayal
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...

Margaret Blake
Mar 28, 20212 min read


Just keep swimming...
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...

Mark Dearnley
Mar 22, 20211 min read


Finding our way
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...

Gill Keir
Mar 15, 20211 min read


One year on...
Well here we are in March again, approaching the anniversary of the first lockdown. I’m looking forward to marking that together in...

Alex Huzzey
Mar 1, 20212 min read
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