Reflections

At that time there was a man named Simeon living in Jerusalem. He was a good, God-fearing man and was waiting for Israel to be saved. The Holy Spirit was with him and had assured him that he would not die…

The next day John again was standing with two of his disciples, and as he watched Jesus walk by, he exclaimed, ‘Look, here is the Lamb of God!’  The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. When Jesus turned…

Every year I sign up for daily Advent emails from Brian Draper, who is a wonderful soulful guide through this time of year. Last Thursday Brian was talking about how we find our inmost place,  using some thoughts by the…

Here is the reflection from this year’s Carol Service… If you’ve been shopping in town this week you may have had the joy of Christmas muzak – the tunes that some of us know all too well, which get stuck…

Last week we went to see the musical Godspell…  It was written at the tail end of the hippy 60’s. It’s a telling of the gospel story, the story of Jesus, but in a style of that period – casual,…

Revd Sarah Haslam, who is on placement with us, shared her reflection at Communion in these verses from the Prophet Isaiah: A shoot shall come out from the stock of Jesse,    and a branch shall grow out of his roots.The spirit…

When they came to the place called “The Skull,” they crucified Jesus there, and the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left…. Above him were written these words: “This is the King of the Jews.”…