April 2020

Well, this has started as a strange week and today it’s raining. Talking to folk, people are feeling really “in limbo”. With no sign of the end of lockdown, motivation is difficult, lone working even lonelier, new forms of assessments...

Today’s new testament reading from 3 Colossians is an inspired word for today. You see, I think we are in a crucial week. Mind you, you might say, all weeks are. Yes- maybe - certainly extraordinary times - new uncharted...

A thought from today’s readings: Christ is the image of the invisible God, the first-born over all creation. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether...

Tomorrow’s set gospel (John 21) tells a special story. Jesus is alive, appearing to many, and still putting things in place to enable the building of his church, before he goes back to heaven. He has already convinced Thomas he...

So here we are! It’s Easter Monday - a new day. Good Friday and Easter day have come and gone…  and life carries on. As we wait for the campus to resume its activity of study, learning and living -...

It is Easter day, and the new dawn has broken. For 2000 years, every Easter we celebrate this world changing event… Jesus, the hope that we have, comes alive – overcoming death. He is to be seen by many people,...

We remember on this day: In history, the death of a man, Jesus, Son of Mary and (it was thought) Joseph. In the Christian faith, the Son of God, the Word, present in the beginning, through whom all things were...

Today we recall Maundy Thursday, and one of the greatest gifts given to us by Jesus. Jesus is recognised often by taking bread, giving thanks, breaking and sharing. He told us to do the same – to remember him. “Take...

Looking at today’s stories, key words pop up time and again… Waiting Stress Loneliness Uncertainty Protecting communities Help – amazing stories of good – especially the NHS ...And buying Easter Eggs That set me thinking… The University of Bath is...

Today, I’m thinking about the need to keep going and how best to support each other in this very difficult time. I've been reflecting on the following psalm: Those who sow in tears shall reap with songs of joy. Those...