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As we journey through Lent, may these symbols be reminders of the road Jesus took. The road of pain and suffering, the path of self-giving love. May they also remind us of the suffering of the world and challenge us to respond.This image of a towel and basin are reminders of Jesus' humility...

Candlemas

The festival of Candlemas is still celebrated on February 2nd in many churches across the Christian family. Its origins are the usual mixture of early religious and pagan traditions. Candlemas commemorates the ritual purification of Mary, 40 days after the birth of her son Jesus. This day also...

Divergent Paths

"A cold coming we had of it,Just the worst time of the yearFor a journey, and such a long journey:The ways deep and the weather sharp,The very dead of winter.......All this was a long time ago, I remember,And I would do it again, but set downThis set downThis: were we...

So this is Christmas...

To quote from John Lennon, whose song has become a feature of the infrequent shopping trips I have been on in recent weeks,"So this is ChristmasAnd what have you done?Another year overAnd a new one just begunAnd so this is ChristmasI hope you have funThe near and the dear oneThe old...

WOW!

One of the steepest learning curves that I think I have been on is the proliferation of TLAs and FLAs (Three/Four Letter Acronyms). Every situation has their own version — the church has CLT (Church/Circuit Leadership Team); DPC (District Policy Committee); WWDJ (What would Jesus do?) and so on...

HOW MANY TIMES?

Over the past weeks, a song has been regularly popping into my head. I first came across it as a Guide, sitting round a campfire in the New Forest on a training weekend. Known as being a protest song, some of the words have recently taken on a deeper significance:... Yes, 'n' how many...

Pentecost Thoughts

Today (May 31st) the church celebrates 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 and not only by the disciples. Elsewhere in the Bible, there are accounts of the...

HAPPY EASTER?

In these strange days of social distancing, lockdowns and isolation, it has been a very different experience of Holy Week for the Christian Church this year. Yet today is the day when those of us who belong to the family of God in the Christian tradition are called to announce to a waiting world...

MARCH 2020

Lent It's official! The season of Lent began/begins on February 26th (on Ash Wednesday), a season when the Christian Church invites participation in forty days of preparation before Holy Week and Easter. The commercial world (in some quarters) would prefer us to concentrate...

FEBRUARY 2020

Relating well...Scrolling through my Twitter feed recently (if you are unfamiliar with this idea, please ask a young person), I came across this excerpt from Quaker Faith & Practice:"One of the unexpected things I have learnt in my life as a Quaker is that religion is basically about...

DECEMBER 2019

Christmas is coming...The four weeks of Advent are a vital part of the preparation period before we celebrate again the coming of God into the world in human form in the infant Jesus. The candles that will be lit at the beginning of the service each week have a significance which adds to the...

NOVEMBER 2019

Talking nicely... A fortnight ago, we had the privilege of hosting a small party to celebrate my parents' Diamond Wedding. It was a very happy occasion — all of their bridesmaids and their best man are still alive — my brother and sister in law joined us via Skype from...

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