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Truly the Lord is in this Place
This weekend marked the start of the St Albans International Organ Festival which kicked off with a live broadcast from St Peters for...

Margaret Blake
Jul 9, 20252 min read


STOP!
I had one of my most frustrating journeys back home from the U.S. last weekend with many delays. The AirTrain was broken so we were...

Ruth Dearnley
Jun 16, 20252 min read


God's Time
The Church has its own way of measuring time. Yesterday we celebrated Pentecost: the outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit upon his people. It...

Gill Keir
Jun 9, 20252 min read


"To Infinity and Beyond"
...so said Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story. I’ve never been to space and whilst that may have been a boyhood dream, I can say with...

Mark Dearnley
Jun 2, 20251 min read


Making All Things New
On Sunday morning Ruth spoke to us about the new kingdom, new earth and new commandment ushered in by Jesus’ death and resurrection. In...

Margaret Blake
May 19, 20252 min read


O Thou who changest not, abide with me
What a week of changes and memories! In the course of the last few days, we have witnessed the election of a new pope – an amazingly...

Margaret Tinsley
May 13, 20252 min read


A Special Day
If you had to choose a day of the year what would it be? Your birthday? Christmas Day? The longest day of the year? A bank holiday? On...

Em Coley
May 6, 20251 min read


A Knock at the Door
A week ago we were celebrating Easter and I watched Pope Francis wish everyone a Happy Easter and although frail we saw him move amongst...

Ruth Dearnley
Apr 29, 20252 min read


Easter Beauty, Easter Questions
In the modest garden of our house we have an apple tree. We have enjoyed it so much. Its intricate bare branches are sharp against the...

Gill Keir
Apr 22, 20251 min read


When Glory wore a Cross
You couldn’t write it. Those living under Roman occupation in 1st Century Palestine were besides themselves with excitement and...

Mark Dearnley
Apr 14, 20251 min read


Mixed Emotions
Today is the start of Passiontide, the final two weeks of Lent. Now the tone seems to change. The cross has been at the back of our minds...

Richard Butler
Apr 7, 20251 min read


Bound in Unity
Yesterday we celebrated Mothering Sunday, a day when traditionally people would return to their home church, by thinking about our homes:...

Margaret Blake
Mar 31, 20251 min read


The Sound of Music
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that surfeiting, The appetite may sicken and so die. So speaks Duke Orsino,...

Margaret Tinsley
Mar 24, 20251 min read


Unfinished Business
I have a special place that I often go to when I’m over in Washington D.C US. I make my pilgrimage up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial....

Ruth Dearnley
Mar 10, 20252 min read


The Temperature of Love
It is said that a frog will jump out of boiling water unless the water is heated up so gently that it never notices that it is in boiling...
mail36962
Feb 27, 20252 min read


Bring Me Sunshine
On a wet Monday morning following the half term week we are just a bit too far away from Spring to feel as uplifted as we may wish. The...

Mark Dearnley
Feb 24, 20251 min read


Wisdom to live by
Where do you seek wisdom from? The newsletter which comes with my weekly vegetable delivery is entitled ‘Wisdom to live by’ and from it I...

Margaret Blake
Feb 10, 20251 min read


Candlemas
The feast which marks 40 days since the birth of Jesus, at Christmas… The feast which marks the visit to the temple by Joseph, Mary and...

Margaret Tinsley
Feb 3, 20252 min read


Message in Miracles
Yesterday Junior Church started a new series for this term looking at the Miracles of Jesus. We thought about which miracles we could...

Em Coley
Jan 27, 20252 min read


Tell out my Soul
I woke up Sunday morning to the news that there was a delay to the much hoped for ceasefire after 470 days of war in Gaza. By the end of...

Ruth Dearnley
Jan 20, 20252 min read
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