And sometimes as we are restored and draw close to God in Christ’s name, we become aware of those things that have become habitual. Our Morning Prayer may start “Dear Lord, I’ve done it again!…”. We can let the demands...

And as we begin to discover spare time, and rest, we turn to our Lord and saviour. I love the psalms as heart songs. They were of course the prayer book that Jesus used. Psalm 27 verse 4 says: One...

This year is like no other.  It has been hard and tiring. Even if we have been forced to do less – less travel and meetings outside, “grounded” at home - we have had an onslaught of tough news, images,...

There is an old saying - ‘if you want to make God laugh - tell him your plans’. God must be having a great old laugh at the moment! I cannot remember a time when humankind have made so many...

Some friends just came back from a holiday in Cornwall.  Somehow or other they managed to have mainly good weather so they got out and about to enjoy the beautiful coast and countryside. They were struck by the beauty and...

I was away for a few days last month on a silent retreat.  It was wonderful.  When I’m away on a silent retreat I become aware of God’s presence in ways that I usually miss when I’m at home.  My...

There is a very annoying advert on TV at the moment. It features, I assume, Albert Einstein sitting in a bath blethering on about getting a smart meter. I have one and it has not worked since November - hmmmm....

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the...

I recently came across a US church that had three short sentences as its motto: ‘Receive love.  Give love.  Repeat.’ That might seem too simple for some of us, or maybe not specific enough to express the depths of our faith....

Pentecost tells us of the radical reach of God’s love. As we start this era in the Church’s year called ‘ordinary time’, it is good to be reminded of this. And this year more than ever. Some of you are...