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July 2019

Golden repairsSo we begin to draw to the close of another Connexional year — the Methodist Conference (our governing body) will meet in Birmingham between June 27th and July 4th; there will be ministerial moves around the country and, hopefully, a period of fewer meetings and some time for...

June 2019

"Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as they migrated from the east, they came upon a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, 'Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.' And they had brick for stone, and bitumen...

May 2019

Easter is over... what's next?According to the commercial world, Easter is now well and truly over and the next 'big things' will be Father's Day, the summer barbecue season and the return to school. From there, no doubt we shall be encouraged to jump to Hallowe'en...

February 2019

Watchers of the church calendar will have noticed that we have now left the Christmas period and are now in the interestingly named 'Ordinary Time'... I am grateful for this period which continues until Lent and then resumes after Pentecost until next Advent. It reminds us that the...

January 2019

"We have cause to celebrate because the grace of God has appeared, offering the gift of salvation to all people. Grace arrives with its own instruction: run away from anything that leads us away from God; abandon the lusts and passions of this world; live life now in this age with awareness...

November 2018

The marking of Remembrance Sunday this year holds a unique significance in that it is 100 years since the signing of the Armistice on November 11th 1918. It is a day which has come to have increased poignancy for me through the lives of two of my great grandfathers, about whom I have discovered...

October 2018

The theme chosen by this year's Methodist President and Vice-President is 'Radical Grace, Transforming Love'. The following lines are the opening words from the small booklet of prayers and reflections that has been produced to encourage the Methodist people through the sharing of our...

September 2018

I am writing this towards the end of August, when the BBC Proms series of diverse concerts is well underway, and I am anticipating restarting rehearsals with the band in which I play. Music, of many different types, has always been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember, but I...

July 2018

I am writing this as we prepare to take a break and head north for a place with little WiFi and even less phone signal! Going on holiday in our house requires a level of preparation that I suspect some would find unnecessary and the creation of several spreadsheets to ensure that nothing is...

June 2018

Well... what a weekend that was! A wedding; the FA Cup Final; the Rugby Union Championship semi-finals and the end of the annual Superintendents' Conference... not to mention all the other things that got celebrated or observed or marked in some way by our fellow human beings.The title of the...

May 2018

This month we shall celebrate the feast of Pentecost: often called the birthday of the church, the day when the presence of the Holy Spirit was experienced and witnessed powerfully and, crucially, in public.Elsewhere in the Bible, there are accounts of the apostles experiencing the gift of the...

April 2018 - Easter

'If our hope in Christ is good only for this life, we are worse off than anyone else. But Christ has been raised to life! And he makes us certain that others will also be raised to life.'1 Corinthians 15:19-20 (CEV)The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus at Easter is fundamental...

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