Reflections

When was the last time you deliberately went barefoot outside? Can you remember how it felt? I often stand outside in bare feet to do my version of ‘tai chi’ in the morning. It connects me to the earth, but…

For this reflection, you might want to gather a few Lego or Duplo bricks or something similar, or find five stones We have a wall that runs around our garden. It’s quite tall but just one brick wide. It has…

Jesus told this parable: ‘A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, “See here! For three years I have come looking for…

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…