Every Tuesday and Thursday in Lent we will bring you a short reflection based on one of the Stations of the Cross. Today ALM Carol P talks about Station 1: Christ is condemned to death … More Stations of the Cross 01
Today is Ash Wednesday, so Carol and Tom sing for you this traditional Lenten hymn … More Lenten Hymns
The trouble with writing about a seasonally appropriate piece of music each month is that there is far more Advent/Christmas/Epiphany music than there are suitable months in the year. So, this month I’m stretching a point. The season Christmas begins on Christmas Day and lasts until Candlemas, 40 days later, so despite technically having moved into Epiphany, here is a beautiful Christmas carol written by John Rutter in 1988 … More Angels’ Carol – John Rutter (b. 1945)
Sometimes it is hard to hold up the bible at the end of the gospel and say this is the gospel of the Lord, how do you reverence what we’ve just heard what a gospel! You need a lie down after that and to top it all there’s a list at the end and it’s a list and a half. How to defile or not to defile and we’re reading a list almost 2,000 years old and I agree with most of them, at least some of them still … More Difficult passages of scripture
When I was at theological college you have to many different bible modules and in one particular Old Testament we had to choose out of three passages to write an assignment on (quite standard). The one I choose was the one on the book of Proverbs because I hadn’t really engaged with much before so I though why not and I really liked it, the first nine chapters of the book are an interesting introduction to the wisdom that was to follow … More In the beginning was the Word
What comes to mind when you think about February? Top of my mind is daffodils, and those lovely sunny days when the promise of spring is in the air. The days begin to lengthen more rapidly and there is a feeling of hope and energy on its way … More February Letter to the Parish
Good morning and welcome to our service of holy communion for Sunday 4 February. Rev Sue will preside and Rev Helen will preach … More Sunday Service 4 February 2024
This article was first published in the January 2021 edition of our parish magazine. How often have we heard grumbles that Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year – and usually around September! As a musician, planning music for concerts and services for the festive season starts during the summer break, and rehearsals … More The Twelve Days of Christmas (Trad.)
St Anthony lived for over a hundred years from 250 to 355. These were turbulent times for Christianity. The first half of his life was during the reign of the emperor Diocletian, who put many Christians to death in an attempt to stamp out a religion that would not bow to the authority of the state … More Anthony of Egypt
I just love the whole [of the] book [of Revelation] it is so amazing and I think the thing that attracts me to it really is the imagery and everything that comes behind that and Revelation gives us some very iconic images, that I’m sure we’re all familiar with … More The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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