Last Sunday, Ian asked me “Are you doing a thought for the week next Sunday?” My initial reaction was – No! My Thought for the week is...

Gospel Mark 7: 24 – 37 Last Sunday saw Jesus challenging the hypocritical Pharisees for making rituals an end in themselves, rather than...

The commemoration of the death of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Dormition, or falling asleep, as it was known in the East) is known as the...

Trinity 10. Gospel John 6: 35 & 41-51 In today’s gospel, John picks up, or rather continues, Jesus’ theme of The Bread of Life – a...

Readings: Ezekiel 2: 1-5, 2Cor 12: 2-10, Mark 6:1-13. Evangelism may not be a dirty word, but for many if not most ‘ordinary Christians’...

Gospel reading, Mark 5:21-43 Last Sunday in our Gospel reading we considered Jesus’ call for calm even in the midst of a sudden crisis,...

I have no idea if it was a change in Bible version or what, but I have never really noticed a small detail in today’s Gospel. The cushion....

Oh dear! My brain aches! These seem such complicated readings don’t they! 2 Corinthians 5.6-10 Brothers and sisters, we are always...

Thought for the week Trinity 1 / Corpus Christi. A famous quote to begin with: From the great liturgist, Dom Gregory Dix, an Anglican...

Excuse me, but I am going to use a personal reflection again today. Sorry! When I was a child, I spent a lot of time with my...