Reflections

Last Thursday was Ascension Day, the day we remember Jesus bidding farewell to the disciples because he would no longer be with them in person. And this Sunday is Pentecost, the day we remember the coming of the Holy Spirit…

I wonder if you have a spiritual hero? One of my spiritual heroes is a woman called Julian, who lived way back in the 14th Century. She wasn’t a great leader or speaker. She lived a very quiet life. We…

Our reading today came from John’s Gospel, chapter 4: Jesus came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from…

Today is St Cuthbert’s Day – one of the great northern saints. The story goes that Cuthbert was looking after some sheep in the hills in the Scottish borders, and one day he saw a shaft of light coming down…

Here is a reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans, chapter 7 verses 17 – 25, in the brilliant Message version of the Bible: If I can’t be trusted to figure out what is best for myself and then do…

Our Bishop, Bishop Rachel, wrote this week about Ash Wednesday. She began by noticing the way that in the argument in the Oval Office last week between President Trump, Vice President Vance and President Zelensky, there was a lot of…

On Sunday we attended the baptism of our great nephew Arlo in a village church in Somerset. The setting was quite traditional, but the vicar gave a lovely welcome to the families who had come for the baptism, and was…