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Ruth Dearnley
5 days ago2 min read
Tell out my Soul
I woke up Sunday morning to the news that there was a delay to the much hoped for ceasefire after 470 days of war in Gaza. By the end of...
Gill Keir
Jan 132 min read
An Ode to Christmas Cards
Before we forget about them for another year, I would like to pay tribute to the humble Christmas card. We were so lucky to have Cards...
Mark Dearnley
Jan 61 min read
Looking Forward
Today is the start of the season of Epiphany – the manifestation of the gospel to the Gentiles. As we welcome the wise travellers to the...
Richard Butler
Dec 23, 20242 min read
Christmas Puzzles
Is Christmas a time for doing puzzles in your household? During Advent, our choir has been singing the “Advent Antiphons”. These words...
Margaret Blake
Dec 16, 20242 min read
Look for the Pinpricks of Light
One of my favourite places to walk near St Albans is along Rose Lane which heads north out of Wheathampstead. However dark or grey the...
Margaret Tinsley
Dec 9, 20242 min read
Advent Preparations?
The Advent wind begins to stir With sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir, It’s dark at breakfast, dark at tea, And in between we only see...
mail36962
Dec 2, 20241 min read
Longing for Light
Our All Age Service to mark the start of Advent was entitled “Longing for Light”. We spent some time thinking about what we are longing...
Gill Keir
Nov 18, 20241 min read
We All Need Christmas...
Because we so badly need truth. As our days get steadily darker, we have seen in so many different contexts, so many different areas of...
Mark Dearnley
Nov 11, 20242 min read
11,11,11.
In 1918 at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month the agreement to end the First World War was assured. This began...
Richard Butler
Nov 4, 20242 min read
Rediscover the Glory
As a frequent cyclist in London for decades, I often pass groups of tourists marvelling at some iconic sight. Unless they are a dangerous...
Margaret Blake
Oct 28, 20242 min read
By Him All Things Were Made
This weekend I walked a stretch of the South Downs Way from Pyecombe (near Hassocks on the Thameslink line) to Amberley. The first day...
mail36962
Oct 21, 20242 min read
Advent: Surely not yet?
We are used to seeing displays of Christmas cards in our shops – in fact, we now have ‘Cards for Good Causes’ available in our church...
Em Coley
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Growth
On Sunday we spent some time thinking about the vision for our church, which can I think be summarised in one word – Growth . Mark talked...
Gill Keir
Sep 29, 20242 min read
Simple Fruits of Gratitude
Our world is increasingly troubled and troubling. So, in our season of harvest, I have turned to our time honoured Christian tradition of...
Richard Butler
Sep 23, 20241 min read
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me
Will human beings ever fathom all of the secrets of the universe? Certainly we are trying hard. Research institutions across the world,...
Liz Guest
Sep 16, 20242 min read
You Choose
I recently discovered the ‘You Choose’ series of children’s books. Rather than a particular story that has characters and a beginning,...
Mark Dearnley
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Parlez-Vous...?
Ruth and I have just spent a wonderful few days in Northern Cyprus hosted by our extended family, some of whom spoke no English....
Margaret Blake
Sep 2, 20242 min read
More Precious than Gold
The Paralympics started last week with another spectacular opening ceremony in Paris (this time in beautiful weather). As athletes,...
Margaret Tinsley
Aug 28, 20241 min read
Holidays
'A sense of sea and holidays begun, Leisure to live and breathe and smell and look Unfold for me this seaside history book '. So wrote...
Ruth Dearnley
Aug 20, 20242 min read
Choices, Choices, Choices
I’ve been reminded this week how many times we have make choices. Choosing things, determines our days. This week, many young people...
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