Tag: hope

Vicar’s June letter to the parish

June 4, 2024

Thank you for such a warm welcome.  It’s good to be with you as your Vicar, having been a Neighbour for 23 years and an Assistant Curate for 14! 
It’s high time I introduced myself.  I’m the eldest child of a Church of England priest, Dick Williams, now 93, who hit the headlines in the 1960s for translating the Gospels into Scouse.  He then became the UK’s first ever Diocesan Communications Officer.  Liverpool is where my roots are – although I was born in Canada, where my father was an Associate Priest in Fredericton, New Brunswick … More Vicar’s June letter to the parish

Give a Little

June 1, 2024

What are these graphics that have appeared on our weekly service sheets over the past few weeks? It’s a QR code. QR codes are clever bits of technology – a bit like bar codes – that link the real world with the online world … More Give a Little

Trinity Sunday Reflection

May 28, 2024

Think, for a moment, when someone significant in your life was born – maybe your first child or your first brother or sister, your first grandchild or your first niece or nephew.
The day after my first child was born, I remember the moment I presented myself to the hospital maternity ward, and had to press the buzzer for the intercom to ask to be let in. 
For the first time in my life, I said, “I’m Nicholas’s father.”
And I knew from that moment on, into eternity, that was who I would now be … More Trinity Sunday Reflection

Pentecost at St George’s 2024

May 23, 2024

There was once a mirror-maker whose greatest desire was to create a mirror that would reflect his image perfectly. He experimented with different materials, tin, silver, mercury, crystal rock, and after weeks of hard work, he finally perfected the formula for a wonderfully accurate looking glass in which he could see a clear reflection of himself. One night an envious neighbour broke into the workshop, took his mirror and threw it on the floor … More Pentecost at St George’s 2024

Pentecost 2024

May 22, 2024

How do you get up in the morning? 
I used to get up at 4.30 on a Sunday morning to get into a local radio station for 5.30, ready to present a religious breakfast show that I was also responsible for producing.  I did this for eight years.  So it was important for me to have an early waking-up routine:  something I could rely upon when I was drowsy and bleary-eyed … More Pentecost 2024

The Holy Spirit

May 20, 2024

The person speaking is Peter and he is explaining to the Jews in Antioch why he has been in the house of a Roman centurion called Cornelius, a Gentile.  Peter is eager to explain how he himself was surprised to find himself asked to go to Cornelius in Caesarea and at the beginning of the chapter Peter explains a dream that he and Cornelius have.  If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to read it … More The Holy Spirit