This week we continue our reflection on the fruit of the Spirit.  Wonderful guidance, as we take time out, to pause our busy-ness and be refilled.  I believe God’s grace is continually working – the wonder of his patience. I...

The summer vacation is a time of change – to get out of any “rut” we find ourselves in, to look up, look around, look over any horizons we see, and also to look back at ourselves. This reflection –...

I am sending a verse or two of scriptural encouragement each day to colleagues and friends. It is a contribution, I trust, to the sense of Christian unity that we are seeing in service to our community. It is meant...

Every now and then, someone has a go at me. They see my name badge, or clerical collar. I wear this on campus because strangers do not know my name but know what the dress code is representing, I trust...

As I sit to write it is pouring with rain outside my window. Such a change after the summer we have had. And yet the grass is already freshly green. There are times when we need refreshment too. This can...

This weekend we remember Saul’s conversion.   I wonder what the road to Damascus was like - a dusty, and busy highway.  I wonder if Saul was in sight of Damascus when Jesus met him. Let’s imagine Saul, a man on...

Psalm 37 is a great psalm to read in times of trouble and hardship – when “everything seems against you”! Do not fret. Trust in the Lord and do good. Delight in the Lord. Commit to him. Be still before...

Lockdown continues, isolation is beginning to wear us down, the future is still uncertain, the summer holidays (what?) are starting, the government is losing people’s trust, and new issues take over the front page. The extraordinary and worldwide reaction to...

We are drawing to the end the assessment season – well done everyone. It has been good to hear from so many of you. And now the summer beckons – but it’s a summer with a difference – holiday plans...

There is one verse in Psalm 139, the set psalm for today, that describes the extraordinary fact of the Christian faith.  We, humankind, are united to our creator God, in Jesus name, by the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit....