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...

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

I have signed up to walking 1000 miles this year! I’ve never done anything like this ever before but Mark signed up to a free monthly...

I came across this poem the other day and it made me stop in my tracks: Search By Gerard Kelly I come seeking certainty You offer me...

If you are a regular walker I wonder what your favourite walking surface is. Pavements and flat level hard surfaces? Soft tracks across...

Prayers, poems and hymns (or songs) are often very similar. They share a vividness and directness which encourage us in our lives and in...

This term as part of my training to be a reader I am doing a course called ‘Introduction to Spirituality and Discipleship’. Each week we...

Churches observe a liturgical year, of course, and as Christmas season moves into, Epiphany and on through Candlemas to Lent, it’s always...

In December 1939 King George VI spoke to a nation at war, a war against Nazi Germany led by Hitler, a war which, only a few months old,...

Join Richard Butler below for the third of three Christmas reflections, featuring a reflection on the experience of the wise men, and...

Join Gill Keir for the second of three Christmas reflections, featuring a reflection on the experience of the shepherds, and three choral...

Join Margaret Tinsley for the first of three Christmas reflections, featuring a reflection on the experience of the innkeeper's wife, and...

Our seasons of Advent and Christmas give us a wonderful feast of prayers and music, which feed us at a difficult time. Rather than add...

How many of us can testify that respectable, sensible religion struggles when the reality of life hits?