

Let us carry Christ's presence into the world
On Sunday 3 June we are keeping the lovely Feast of Corpus Christi, sometimes called Corpus et Sanguis Christi, Body and Blood of Christ,...
Fr Andrew Sage
May 29, 2018


Bouncing Bunnies, Cheeping Chicks, munching chocolate
It will be all over the place at the moment as we are celebrating both secular and Holy Easter. I used to ‘go on’ about such things, but...
Fr Andrew Sage
Mar 28, 2018


We give thanks for our church buildings
Dear friends in Christ, Not a letter as such this month. I hope you won’t mind. Rather I share a couple of prayers I have written and...
Fr Andrew Sage
Mar 4, 2018


May we find Christ in others and others find him in us
Today as I write this I am sitting amongst a very mixed group of people. They are young and old, fat, thin, some well educated and some...
Fr Andrew Sage
Jan 23, 2018


Fr Andrew's December message
Dear Friends in Christ, We all know that the Season of Advent is not an easy one for Christians to observe. I’ve moaned about it often...
St Stephens
Dec 2, 2017


Will you host Mary and Joseph for a night?
At the end of the November we begin the Season of Advent. The Posada is an old Mexican tradition where young people dressed as Mary and...
Fr Andrew Sage
Oct 27, 2017


Am I an enemy of free speech
Following my recent article on the proposed visit of Franklin Graham to Blackpool, a number of people have suggested that I am guilty of...
Fr Andrew Sage
Sep 28, 2017


The importance of a priest's stipend
I was recently asked a question by my accountant. “Can you put down what your salary is please?” I thought about explaining that priests...
Fr Andrew Sage
Aug 29, 2017


All are welcome at St Stephens
Dear Friends in Christ, In 1985, within a few days of being ordained Deacon, I was caught up in part of the Billy Graham Mission in...
Fr Andrew Sage
Jun 25, 2017


Easter's not over yet
Dear Friends in Christ Times tides and seasons wait for no man, so they say. Well, over the Easter period, there is certainly is an...
Fr Andrew Sage
Apr 29, 2017