It is strange isn't it, that despite the massive build up to Christmas the festival itself is so very quickly forgotten. For weeks,...

Christmas cancelled!? Well clearly some things are. At short notice family arrangements have had to be drastically altered or indeed...

Advent 4. Gospel - Luke 1.26-38 Well, it has happened again. I’m just so lucky! Once again I have been specially pre-selected and...

Readings: Isaiah 61.1-4, 8-end John 1.6-8, 19-28 Another reminiscence from Portsmouth days! During my time as a curate in Southsea I was...

Old Testament reading. Isaiah 40: 1-11 This is a scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, depicting the story of what later became known as the...

When I first moved to ‘The North’ a few things took me by surprise! One was how, in a short visit to a local shop the shopkeeper could,...

One of the things I am missing most in our liturgy as we have to have it at the moment, is singing. (I know many of you will be relieved...

Genesis 32:22-31 Jacob is a man who likes to get his own way, always likes to be ‘on the top.’ He has always gained the upper hand by...

Gospel - Matthew 9: 35 -10:8 Once again, a personal reflection, which I share with you. In our Gospel this week, we are told that Jesus...

Today I share with you what is most definitely a personal reflection. Please read it in that light! When I was a school chaplain I...