The Advent wind begins to stir With sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir, It’s dark at breakfast, dark at tea, And in between we only see...

Our All Age Service to mark the start of Advent was entitled “Longing for Light”. We spent some time thinking about what we are longing...

Because we so badly need truth. As our days get steadily darker, we have seen in so many different contexts, so many different areas of...

In 1918 at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month the agreement to end the First World War was assured. This began...

As a frequent cyclist in London for decades, I often pass groups of tourists marvelling at some iconic sight. Unless they are a dangerous...

This weekend I walked a stretch of the South Downs Way from Pyecombe (near Hassocks on the Thameslink line) to Amberley. The first day...

We are used to seeing displays of Christmas cards in our shops – in fact, we now have ‘Cards for Good Causes’ available in our church...

On Sunday we spent some time thinking about the vision for our church, which can I think be summarised in one word – Growth . Mark talked...

Our world is increasingly troubled and troubling. So, in our season of harvest, I have turned to our time honoured Christian tradition of...

Will human beings ever fathom all of the secrets of the universe? Certainly we are trying hard. Research institutions across the world,...

I recently discovered the ‘You Choose’ series of children’s books. Rather than a particular story that has characters and a beginning,...

Ruth and I have just spent a wonderful few days in Northern Cyprus hosted by our extended family, some of whom spoke no English....

The Paralympics started last week with another spectacular opening ceremony in Paris (this time in beautiful weather). As athletes,...

'A sense of sea and holidays begun, Leisure to live and breathe and smell and look Unfold for me this seaside history book '.   So wrote...

I’ve been reminded this week how many times we have make choices. Choosing things, determines our days. This week, many young people...

Today is my birthday! I am 48 years old! But there seems to be a culture amongst people my age and older to down play birthdays and to...

Last Monday, news began to filter through that children had been attacked in a Southport dance class, with the news that some had died...

Beginnings are interesting times. Whether it is a new baby, a change of government, a different job, another sporting event, or even a...

Whatever your view on the Euro football I doubt you’ll have missed the build up to Sunday’s football final in Berlin. England v Spain was...

We start this week with a new government and a new Prime Minister. What struck me most about Sir Keir Starmer’s speech to the nation was...