I was raised in a small village near Bridport in Dorset and, when we were small, 3 times a year,…
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The July and August 2025 magazine contains lots of updates plus articles on the Nicene Creed and the Lord’s Prayer.
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The July 2025 Bible readings include Abraham and Sarah putting on a spread and Jesus giving his disciples a template of how to pray.
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We don’t get to hear God’s inflection. So, it depends on where we put the emphasis in that question: What are you doing here?
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I will draw all the water from the sea and empty it into this hole quicker than you will succeed in containing the vast mystery of God in the mere words of a book.
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‘Ebenezer’ might be a word that sounds old and dated to our ears but this Pentecost Sunday, the birthday of the Church and this church, may the Spirit descend on us again and let today be a fresh Ebenezer—may this be a place of praise for what God has done both in this building and in each of our lives. But also a mark of trust for what’s to come.
Read moreThis article looks at the body through the lens of disability. I use two discourses to balance out and correct misapprehensions and misunderstandings. These discourses are the academic discourse and my own story. This article is inspired by the gap in Living in love and faith (2020) of the body, there being no reference to the body as body in this report.
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Unless our Christianity makes us kind, it’s not real. Unless our change of heart is guaranteed by our change of deeds, it’s superficial & false. Let’s pray that our actions speak louder than our words.
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Our June 2025 magazine includes articles on Psalm 23 and our upcoming Boundary Walk as well as prayers, reflections and news from our various groups.
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Here are the June 2025 Bible readings, which we’ll be using in both our churches as we end Easter Season, celebrate Pentecost and Trinity Sunday and start the long period of ‘Ordinary’ time.
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Com is with, fort is strength. Comforter, one who brings strength. Someone who would make them strong would come to them.
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How will we be the ongoing visible presence of God, here, in this time and in this place? How do wE become both guest and host?
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The menorah is lit night after night as a reminder of the miracle of the oil that lasted longer than it should have. In Baptism, we light a candle, too, saying, “Shine as a light in the world…”
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Back on the beach, there’s unfinished business to attend to – the restoration of Peter. ‘Do you love me?’ Jesus asks Peter. He asks again and again until Peter is fed up.
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These Easter Season readings include passages from Acts, Revelation and the Gospel of John.
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