Em Coley
Hope
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...
St Peter's Blog
Mark Dearnley
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
All that Jazz
There’s something about jazz. It just works for me. I find some contemporary compositions in modern music too complex to grapple with,...
Margaret Blake
- Sep 6, 2021
- 2 min
WOW
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...
Richard Butler
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
Call to Prayer
Anyone who has spent time in a predominantly Muslim city will have found themselves tuning-in to the call to prayer from innumerable...
Alex Huzzey
- Aug 24, 2021
- 2 min
Sour Grapes
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...
Margaret Tinsley
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
The Rhythm of Life
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...
Ruth Dearnley
- Aug 11, 2021
- 2 min
Gold!
GOLD The Tokyo 2020 Olympics came to a close yesterday and we celebrated the incredible achievements and inspirational stories of people...
Gill Keir
- Aug 2, 2021
- 1 min
The Best News
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...
Mark Dearnley
- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
Love one another with a pure heart fervently
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...
Richard Butler
- Jul 12, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Alex Huzzey
- Jul 12, 2021
- 1 min
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 6, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Margaret Tinsley
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
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...
Mark Dearnley
- Jun 21, 2021
- 1 min
Remembering Richard
Often in the course of our weekday Morning Prayer the Church calendar commemorates a saint, or noteworthy person. Last week we remembered...
Ruth Dearnley
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
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....
Mark Dearnley
- May 31, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Gill Keir
- May 24, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Margaret Blake
- May 17, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Mark Dearnley
- May 10, 2021
- 1 min
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...
Alex Huzzey
- Apr 25, 2021
- 2 min
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...