Daily Advent Reflections 2020
In this strange year, it has brought me encouragement to realise how well we can maintain our life of worship and service even in difficult … Read more
In this strange year, it has brought me encouragement to realise how well we can maintain our life of worship and service even in difficult … Read more
I recently listened to a Radio 4 “In Our Time” podcast on the topic of parasites. One of the speakers put forward the hypothesis that … Read more
October is here, Autumn is arriving, the leaves are turning on my view here in Heywood and the farmers are collecting their harvest nearby. Tractors … Read more
Many years ago, I was on a walking holiday in the Alps. We had walked for a few miles beside a stream, its water muddy … Read more
Pandemic time has been a very strange time, taking over our lives. It has taken away a lot of our freedom and drastically changed our … Read more
This is the season for holidays, for a slower, reflective time and for doing something different. At the time of writing I’m hoping to visit … Read more
‘Stay home, stay safe…. It’s a simple message which makes its point very clearly. And over eight weeks, we became used to the idea. No … Read more
‘And hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.’ … Read more
Dear friends, Lent calls us to rethink how we live, but none of us expected life to be as it is now. We are living … Read more
At the end of January, a drama was shown on television called “The Windermere Children”. It was about 300 of a total of 1000 Jewish … Read more