Sport and Faith

Sport and Faith

Dear Friends, I am not the greatest lover of either participating in Sport or watching Sport. Nevertheless, I surprised myself at school by being a member of the under 15 hockey team and I was goalkeeper. These last weeks filled with great sporting activity, have...
Time for God

Time for God

Dear Friends, This Sunday our gospel reading is the parable of the sower, it is one of my favourite parables told by Jesus and I am looking forward to joining online and hearing Lynn preach on it, if that’s the reading she chooses. I won’t steal...
Sowing & Investment

Sowing & Investment

Dear friends I am reflecting this week on sowing and investment. Investment of time, prayer, love and I suspect a lot of patience. The investors or ‘Sowers’ I’m thinking of, and thankful for, are our (my) youth leaders. They became an anchor to us, a group of loud,...
It’s Too Darn Hot

It’s Too Darn Hot

Dear Friends, “It’s Too Darn Hot” sang (and danced) the wonderful Ann Miller in the 1953 film version of Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me Kate”, one my favourite musicals. It’s a song I’ve been humming over the past few days. How are you coping, as the thermometer creeps...
The presence of God in grief

The presence of God in grief

Dear Friends, The presence of God in grief: it’s an interesting question for (I think) there are two extremes, neither of which seems to me to fully express a Christian reality. On the one hand, there might be the complete erasure of grief (as if it were something to...