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....

Out of today’s set psalms, Psalm 103 is a one of these scriptures that is timeless. It is about forgiveness. King David – the greatest Israelite King, mightily blessed by God, was also very human. His affair with Bathsheba is...

A brief thought today – to keep us going.  May we have some rest too, this weekend, before the work resumes next week. Luke, writing up Paul's missionary journeys, records in Acts (18: 9-11) that, when he was in Corinth:...

Lockdown and working in isolation give an opportunity to reflect and develop our prayer life. This is both personal, and internal – more to do with our relationship with God, than times spent in worship or other activity with others....

Reading: John 14: 15-21 This time period is an important part of the church’s year for me. We have celebrated Easter - Jesus’s great victory over death, his dying renting the veil of the temple, opening up heaven, opening the way...

It has been a tough start to this week for me. Here are three contributions to a colleague clergy WhatsApp group: Monday 11th 7am: As I think today, seeking encouragement, before praying for colleagues, and then taking my next funeral,  I...