Prayers for Healing
August 26, 2019
On Friday 5 July our ALM Carol offered a service of prayer and meditation for healing. There is a transcription on Deborah’s blog, and it is offered again here … More Prayers for Healing
Tag: inspiration
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J S Bach (1685-1750)
August 20, 2019
This article first appeared in the August 2016 issue of our parish magazine. you can read it again here: This is the most common English title for the 10th and last movement of the cantata “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben”, BWV 147 (“Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life”), composed by Johann Sebastian … More Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring – J S Bach (1685-1750)
Your Faith is Strong
August 7, 2019
This sermon was given by Rev Deborah on Wednesday 7 August 2019. You can listen again here … More Your Faith is Strong
The Road Home – Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
July 1, 2019
tephen Paulus was quite possibly the most prolific composer that you have never heard of. He managed to fit in 11 operas, 31 symphonic works, 18 concertos and a whole host of other music into his 65 years. … More The Road Home – Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
Hearing the voice of the Good Shepherd
May 27, 2019
I grew up in a farming community and from an early age I knew the difference between the farmer and the farm labourer. The farmer had almost always inherited the farm from his father (in those days, in my experience, women could only be farmers’ wives) … More Hearing the voice of the Good Shepherd
Baptism
May 27, 2019
Today is a very special day because in a few minutes Katie will be baptised. It’s a special day for her, even though she won’t remember it, for her parents and godparents and for the rest of us, too … More Baptism
Come, Holy Spirit, Come (D Plummer)
May 20, 2019
Our former Priest in Charge, Debby Plummer is a talented songsmith. I recall how, during our first Holiday Club back in the summer of 2009, she managed to engage Thomas and Jonathan in writing a song about Dr Who, complete with time travel and monsters, to the tune of “Summer Holiday” – quite successfully! … More Come, Holy Spirit, Come (D Plummer)
Doubting Thomas
April 28, 2019
How many times have you doubted something? Or I’ll see it when I believe it. Or have you’ve said to someone “Seeing is believing”. I know I have from time to time … More Doubting Thomas
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