March 2022

  • One Part Of The Body Is Wounded, So We All Hurt

    “There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and everyone it is the same God...

  • In God I Trust

    Have mercy on me, O God, for they trample over me; all day long they assault and oppress me. My adversaries trample over me all the day long; many are they that make proud war against me. In the day...

  • Hope

    This blog is inspired by a recent “Thought for the Week” posted by Igor Zinkov, a rabbi from the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in London. He starts with a quote from Disturbing the Peace by Václav Havel, a Czech politician, playwright, and former...

  • Psalms of Lament

    Not everyone likes to hear the Bagpipes played. Yet they can emote lament like no other instrument. For lament is where current world news takes me. To lament is to express deep sorrow, grief, or regret, to give empathetic voice...

  • Prayer vigil for the people of Ukraine

    The events of the last three weeks have moved at a great pace. As our archbishops said: “The horrific and unprovoked attack on Ukraine is an act of great evil. Placing our trust in Jesus Christ, the author of peace,...

  • Dark Clouds

    The impact of dark clouds looming ahead - it still always comes as a shock and leaves us breathless.  And so it was as we all awoke, not least in Ukraine itself, to the news of the terrifying and appalling...