He made the moon to mark the seasons, and the sun knows when to go down. Psalm 104:19 Driving home on Sunday night I was struck by the beauty of the crescent moon hanging low in the western sky.  I...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

We are currently in ‘Ordinary Time’ in the church’s year. The excitement of Christmas is finished some time ago and Lent is on the horizon. For now, we wait. Sometimes. In these quiet times, it is not easy to remember...

A friend recently said that the events leading up to the arrest of Jesus help us hang on the idea that out of the ‘compost of life’ will come hope.  Like a flowering bulb growing in the dirt, there is...

In 1977 the punk rock band the Sex Pistols produced a song called ‘No Feelings’. It begins: I've seen you in the mirror When the story began And I fell in love with you The song then continues to paint...