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Not so long ago I walked into church one Sunday and I was asked to confirm that I was doing the prayers – and I had completely forgotten!  My stomach sank.  Fortunately enough equilibrium returned for me to scribble thoughts … Continue reading →

Do you remember the old Gestetner duplicators?  Cutting stencils on the typewriter and patching mistakes with Tippex?  Black ink on your hands?  I remember no more parcels of Parish Magazines arriving from the Plaistow Press in East London.  My father, … Continue reading →

I think we’re all in search of wholeness, of a sense of completeness.  Not always consciously, of course.  But we do know when we are out of sorts, out of balance – with ourselves and with others.  Perhaps even with … Continue reading →

Human beings like to understand things.  We’re not so keen on mysteries.  If we understand it gives us some control – or so it seems.  We name and categorise things.  Hence all the “….ologies”, including theology, which, like all the … Continue reading →

“Is that it?” “What do you mean, is that it?” “The Jubilee.  Is it finished?” “Yes, we’ve had four days of it.” “I was hoping for something more.  It was good to give thanks and the pageantry and parties were … Continue reading →

It was at last Sunday afternoon’s Choral Evensong that I realised just how many words we use in a service.  Two lessons, three hymns, a sermon, prayers, a psalm, a couple of canticles and a creed.  Understandably, as human beings … Continue reading →

Through her sermon last Sunday, Janine set a big challenge.  She reminded us that our neighbour does not end with the family next door, the people in our street, or even the people in our town or country.  Every human … Continue reading →

I don’t know much about Elon Musk, except that he has something to do with Tesla electric cars, wants to go into space and has recently put in a bid to buy Twitter. I don’t know much about social media … Continue reading →

Celebrating on our own feels a little empty.  It’s something we do together with family, friends or the wider community.  Remembering and rejoicing together.  Human beings are made for connection.  When we are connected we thrive.  Disconnected we wither. In … Continue reading →

For indigenous communities rituals have always bound their communities together, helped them to celebrate, to mourn and to mark rites of passage and changes in status.  It has helped with coming to terms with the joys and challenges of life … Continue reading →