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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun. This last weekend has certainly illustrated Keats' words....

I had the pleasure of going on the St Albans clergy conference a couple of weeks ago. It was entitled “Called to Hope”. As we emerge...

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...