I don’t know whether you remember the children’s story “Five Children and It”. The “it” refers to the Psammead, a sand fairy, encountered by four children and their baby brother when they are playing in a gravel pit. The Psammead promises them a wish between them every day, the effects of which will disappear at sunset. Of course, it all goes wrong … More Teach us to pray
Every Wednesday through Lent we will bring you an appropriate poem, reading or prayers. Today our friend Zandra reads of the temptation of Christ in the wilderness – the first Lent … More The Temptation of Christ
I am an inveterate asker of questions. One thing I’ve learnt over the years is that it is a good idea to have some idea what the answer would be before you ask something. The classic wrong question is to ask “When‘s it due?” unless you are absolutely sure that the woman you are talking to is, in fact, expecting … More The rich young man who needs only one more thing
Welcome to our service of Holy Communion for the first Sunday of Lent. We begin by singing together “Forty Days and Forty Nights” … More Mission Action Plan (MAP) 2021
I met this piece during a Manchester Chorale rehearsal early in 2020. The words struck me as perfect to represent the temptations of Lent … More Daemon Irrepit Callidus – Gyorgy Orban (b.1947)
St Margaret's Church Prestwich 