Reflections

I wonder what you notice about the two main characters in our reading? In Jerusalem was a man by the name of Simeon. He was an upright man, devoted to the service of God, living in expectation of the “salvation…

I believe that one fine day, that the power of love will rise above the love of power. We learnt this together at this year’s Carol Service – and did pretty well!  The words feel so relevant for this past…

I wonder what the heart of Christmas is for you? Call the Midwife, obviously… But not just the day itself – the meaning? In an email that Jo and I got this week, Simon Parke says this: Whatever our personal…

Last Sunday evening we had a service in our church called Quiet Christmas – a chance to get away from all the noise and business, and to listen. To listen more deeply to the troubles of the world. To listen…

Our reading is a great story which is very appropriate to Advent and connects to a very famous icon… The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the entrance of his tent in the heat of the day. He…

Last week many churches celebrated All Saints Day. It’s good to remember that saints are not perfect people who float about doing good, with shining halos like in stained glass windows. Saints are people struggling to follow the way of…

This week we focussed on a wonderfully rich passage from the Letter to the Ephesians. It is important to me because when I was in my last church as Vicar we reflected on this passage, and out of it came…

Tomorrow is the day that we remember St Luke in the church. We know more about Luke than any of the other gospel writers. He travelled with St. Paul on his journeys, which he writes about in the book of…

Yesterday we had our first Project Grow gardening session in the Edible Garden here at FCH. Gardens are great places to think about our life with God, and our garden here is full of reminders too. The Edible Garden is…