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Richard Butler
Mar 20, 20231 min read
The Equinox - The Light Returns
So today, Monday 20 March, is the Spring Equinox. The day when the length of the day is 12 hours, exactly matching the length of the...
St Peter's Church
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Tree of Hope
As part of the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the Queen's Green Canopy set out to create a living legacy of a million trees planted in...
Gill Keir
Mar 13, 20231 min read
Express Yourself
It is sometimes really difficult to pray. Our world seems increasingly full of intractable problems. Which is why it is such a relief...
Mark Dearnley
Mar 6, 20232 min read
Power in Weakness
One of the sights of beauty at this time of year is the abundance of beautiful and delicate white snowdrops. These heralds of spring are...
Margaret Blake
Feb 28, 20232 min read
Take Hold
Take hold of the life that really is life We are now in the season of Lent. Some people may relish the time to reflect on their lives and...
Margaret Tinsley
Feb 20, 20231 min read
Hearing God in Poetry
Austen Farrer wrote that if our faith is not to be walled-in, we must spread our recognition of God as widely as our mind and imagination...
Ruth Dearnley
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Refuel, Recharge and Rest
John 13 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know...
Em Coley
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Make a Difference!
We had great fun with balloons in church on Sunday! The balloons acted as an illustration of difference - a balloon that hasn't been...
Liz Guest
Jan 31, 20231 min read
What are You Waiting for...?
I wonder what you are waiting for? That might seem a strange question to ask as Christmas was over a month ago and the endless month of...
Richard Butler
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Going to the Dogs
“The country is going to the dogs”. How many times have we heard ourselves and others say this, in exasperation and sadness that things...
Gill Keir
Jan 16, 20231 min read
The Return of the Light
‘Little things please little minds’, I seem to remember, was a saying in my school days. Well, perhaps it was never entirely fair. These...
Mark Dearnley
Jan 9, 20231 min read
God in Man, made Manifest
Do you remember how you first encountered Jesus? It may have been a friend who led you to find faith, or a visit to church, or family...
Margaret Tinsley
Dec 20, 20221 min read
Christmas
As we rush around doing all the last minute tasks: buying presents, wrapping them, cooking, cleaning……and all that we could not do last...
Em Coley
Dec 5, 20221 min read
It's not about the Glitter
As many of you will know, last Christmas my husband was in the middle of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment for cancer. It was a...
Liz Guest
Nov 28, 20221 min read
The Coming King
Yesterday was an important day! Why I hear you ask – well the new King or Queen of the Jungle was crowned for this year. Now, I have to...
Richard Butler
Nov 25, 20222 min read
The Problem with Insulation
This winter many of us are planning to wear more clothes inside as the weather gets colder, and if we are lucky enough to live in a...
Gill Keir
Nov 15, 20221 min read
Memories
Sunday’s service at the Cenotaph has always meant a lot in our family. I had elderly parents and my father had first hand experience of...
Alex Huzzey
Oct 24, 20221 min read
These Shoes Were Made for Walking!
These shoes were made for walking! Certainly, Mary Ward’s shoes were, as we were reminded by Cardinal Vincent Nicholls at the Loreto...
Em Coley
Oct 10, 20221 min read
Thinking about Giving
Yesterday in church we spent some time thinking about giving. This is a really tricky topic at the moment when the news is full of a...
Liz Guest
Oct 3, 20221 min read
A City Harvest
On Sunday we celebrated Harvest at St Peter’s Church and thought about what Harvest means in a city context where we aren’t surround by...
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