A space to contemplate…
Last weekend I watched Channel 4’s new five-part drama It’s a Sin and was incredibly moved by it - the emotion has really stayed with me throughout the week. The fact that the national response to AIDS was happening in my childhood was not lost on me, and I found myself looking on YouTube for... Continue Reading →
As I prepared my sermon for today around the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand, I was prayerfully transported back to Cuddesdon. Only months earlier we had used this passage for a Eucharist with children. They had designed, or at least had a say in, most of the service; they had chosen to... Continue Reading →
#444 As part of #eveningprayer this evening we were invited to #symbolise giving our #sorrows and #joys to God by releasing stones to represent our sorrows and petals to represent our joys. The stones sink in the water, in the same way that God envelops and surrounds them for us and with us. Equally the... Continue Reading →
#309 With this week being focused on half of our community leaving, it is difficult not to feel at least a bit #alone. #endings are so hard and I'm beginning to notice how much I have avoided them, even talking about them, in the real world. Ending as a parting of ways, or as a... Continue Reading →
#129 #encouragement is such an important part of #christianfellowship and it is so lovely to be encouraged by friends and colleagues. In our college group the other day we wrote a line of encouragement for one another and it made me smile all day to think about the lovely things people said about me! Let’s... Continue Reading →
#17 The parable of the sower…some seed fell on the path and the birds ate it, some on rocky ground without enough soil and more fell among the thorns. Some seeds however fell on the good soil, and grain came from it. Lord help each of us who minister to stay strong and encourage others... Continue Reading →
Tea and Theology 