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...
Celebration!

Celebration!

Dear Friends, Romans 12 v 4-6. “ For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts, according to...
All are welcome!

All are welcome!

Dear Friends, I’m sure I’m not the only one who spent most of last week complaining about the hot weather. Perhaps I’m not the only one muttering about the rain this week, especially with the summer fair this Saturday. Sometimes I wonder if...
You are all beautiful!

You are all beautiful!

Ciao amici, I am on my travels again, in Italy, having similar hot weather to the UK, but with the advantage of gelato. I am so thankful for the experiences we have had, and for encountering so much beauty. There has been beauty in nature. “For the beauty of the...
Pentecost

Pentecost

Dear Friends, Birthdays are a time of Joy and Celebration. To such an extent that as a family we had to find a day at the beginning of August to celebrate our daughters well loved doll, Rosie, because she was received at Christmas. A birthday is an opportunity...