Richard Butler
Before the Dawn
Today we begin the final two weeks of Lent, which have traditionally been called Passiontide. Throughout Lent we have been in reflective...
St Peter's Blog
Liz Guest
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Power
‘I’ve got the Power’ sang Snap, in their hit from January 1990. Well … we certainly didn’t have the power on Thursday evening. For about...
Mark Dearnley
- Mar 21
- 1 min
A Matter of Time
This weekend the clocks go forward an hour. This relatively recent adjustment to our seasonal time (1916) was introduced to make the most...
Alex Huzzey
- Mar 14
- 2 min
One thing
This Sunday we focused on Psalm 27 in our 10am morning service. It's one of those psalms which has all human experience in it. Written by...
Ruth Dearnley
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Storms
Headline news read that we have had 3 in a row. This past few days storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin have pushed their way across the...
Em Coley
- Feb 14
- 1 min
Love is in the Air!
As we celebrate Valentine's Day the emphasis is on romantic love, a love between a couple. And the Bible has much to say about this. But...
Richard Butler
- Jan 31
- 1 min
Season of Light
Christians give a lot of attention to light. We seek to be the light in the darkness. We believe that the darkness cannot overcome the...
Liz Guest
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Words
There is a new online craze that you may have been lucky enough to have missed. It is called wordle and is online only. It is not...
Mark Dearnley
- Jan 18
- 1 min
Reflections
There’s something about the stillness that is often evident at this time of year. The earth in its winter rest with nature dormant awaits...
Alex Huzzey
- Jan 9
- 2 min
Which way was it again?
Recently there have been a number of YouTube videos showing people doing 'straight line challenges', in which people video themselves...
Margaret Blake
- Dec 20, 2021
- 1 min
And now for something completely different...
This week's reflection comes to us from the talk that was given by Margaret Blake at the Carol Service this past Sunday 19 December....
Margaret Tinsley
- Dec 13, 2021
- 1 min
The Meaning is in the Waiting
When we were newly married, having saved up enough, we bought our first washing machine. Now, over fifty years later, how ridiculous that...
Ruth Dearnley
- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Walking Home
I hadn’t worn shoes with heels for over 18 months. I was speaking at an event in London, which was a wonderful change to speaking to a...
Mark Dearnley
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
The Waiting
How good are you at waiting? As a child I found the wait for any major event interminable. And the daily countdown on the Advent calendar...
Gill Keir
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
The Gift of Music
One of the really good things about worshipping together again is to be able to sing. Admittedly it is odd to be muffled by a mask in...
Richard Butler
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Remembrance and Hope
Remembrance Sunday this year seemed to have a particularly melancholy feel to it with damp mist in the air, leaves deep on the ground and...
Liz Guest
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
A Light that Shines Bright
Over this last weekend I am sure you will have heard the fireworks going of in the night sky with the combination of Diwali, the festival...
Alex Huzzey
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
Speak Up
Proverbs 31:8-9 (NIV) “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge...
Margaret Blake
- Oct 18, 2021
- 1 min
Words Matter
This weekend we have been thinking about the words we may hear and speak about climate change. Words which inform us, inspire us and lead...
Margaret Tinsley
- Oct 11, 2021
- 1 min
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun. This last weekend has certainly illustrated Keats' words....