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Margaret Tinsley
Aug 16, 20212 min read
The Rhythm of Life
As I sat on the beach, watching my granddaughter take such pleasure in filling her bucket with water which she then tipped into the hole...
Ruth Dearnley
Aug 11, 20212 min read
Gold!
GOLD The Tokyo 2020 Olympics came to a close yesterday and we celebrated the incredible achievements and inspirational stories of people...
Gill Keir
Aug 2, 20211 min read
The Best News
Have you had a message, heard the news? Or, more recently, been ‘pinged’? We have reached such a state of weary alertness that some of...
Mark Dearnley
Jul 26, 20211 min read
Love one another with a pure heart fervently
Love one another with a pure heart fervently Every time I come across this verse it takes me back to my days as a chorister. 1 Peter 1:22...
Richard Butler
Jul 12, 20212 min read
In Praise of Ordinary Times
The months between Pentecost and All Saints Day are called Ordinary Time (or, if you prefer, Trinity) in the Church calendar. That’s five...
Alex Huzzey
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Prayer for Sea Sunday
A prayer from St Peter’s on Sea Sunday by Kat Butler: Dear Lord, we pray for all those who are away from their friends, family or home at...
Alex Huzzey
Jul 6, 20212 min read
Grass and Reeds and Papyrus will grow...
I’m sure we’ve all read articles over the past few months reflecting on what some of the good things have been which have come out of...
Margaret Tinsley
Jun 28, 20212 min read
St. Peter, St Alban and all the saints....
St. Peter, St Alban and all the saints.... How often we hear those words in our Eucharistic prayer. In fact, the celebration of the two...
Mark Dearnley
Jun 21, 20211 min read
Remembering Richard
Often in the course of our weekday Morning Prayer the Church calendar commemorates a saint, or noteworthy person. Last week we remembered...
Ruth Dearnley
Jun 14, 20212 min read
The Beautiful Game
Yesterday I was ironing. Nothing spectacular about that but I was watching the football, excited about the first day of Euro 2020....
Mark Dearnley
May 31, 20211 min read
Springwatch is Back!
I’m a bit of a fan of these nature watch programmes. Chris Packham with his inimitable style of commentary draws me in to a world filled...
Gill Keir
May 24, 20211 min read
Breathe
This past year we have all learnt to value the simple act of drawing breath. We have known life taken away when people cannot breathe...
Margaret Blake
May 17, 20211 min read
The Time Between
We find ourselves again in the week between Ascension Day and Pentecost. The first time I wrote one of these weekly reflections was the...
Mark Dearnley
May 10, 20211 min read
A Gift of Song
I’ve been adding up the benefits from times of lockdown over this last year. And I conclude that whilst this year has been more...
Alex Huzzey
Apr 25, 20212 min read
The time of singing has come...
Every spring, these verses from Song of Songs pop up in the Easter readings: Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for now the...
Em Coley
Apr 12, 20212 min read
From Doubt to Hope
Yesterday's Gospel reading was the account of doubting Thomas. I was at St. Johns church in Markyate yesterday, and as I said to the...
Ruth Dearnley
Apr 6, 20211 min read
Expect the Unexpected
What a joyful Easter Sunday! Over 150 of us gathered in the St Peters’ churchyard (& many others on line) to celebrate being together for...
Margaret Tinsley
Apr 2, 20213 min read
Good Friday
Good Friday: the focus for hymn writers and poets – a tradition going back many centuries, one which picks up the depth of feeling of...
Richard Butler
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Humility, not hubris
One of the themes of Holy Week is the fickleness of the people – the shift from the “Hosannah”s of Palm Sunday to the “crucify him” of...
Alex Huzzey
Mar 30, 20212 min read
Lingering in Gethsemane
Luke 22:39-46 He came out and went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples followed him. When he reached the place,...
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