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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...

Liz Guest
Mar 28, 20222 min read


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...

Mark Dearnley
Mar 21, 20221 min read


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...

Alex Huzzey
Mar 14, 20222 min read


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...

Ruth Dearnley
Feb 22, 20222 min read


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...

Em Coley
Feb 14, 20221 min read


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...

Richard Butler
Jan 31, 20221 min read


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...

Liz Guest
Jan 24, 20222 min read


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...

Mark Dearnley
Jan 18, 20221 min read


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...

Alex Huzzey
Jan 9, 20222 min read


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 Blake
Dec 20, 20211 min read


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...

Margaret Tinsley
Dec 13, 20211 min read


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...

Ruth Dearnley
Dec 6, 20212 min read


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...

Mark Dearnley
Nov 30, 20211 min read


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...

Gill Keir
Nov 22, 20212 min read


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...

Richard Butler
Nov 15, 20211 min read


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...

Liz Guest
Nov 8, 20212 min read


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...

Alex Huzzey
Oct 26, 20212 min read


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 Blake
Oct 18, 20211 min read


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....

Margaret Tinsley
Oct 11, 20211 min read


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...

Em Coley
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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