“Death has no power over him any more” (Romans 6v9) There is poem by the seventeenth-century English poet John Donne that begins: “Death be not proud, though some have called thee/Mighty and dreadful…” And it finishes: “one short sleep past,…
“Then will your light shine like the dawn” (Isaiah 58.8) “How would you like to be remembered?” the interviewer asked her guest. I recall this question being asked of someone. There was a long pause as the guest seemed to…
I think that Christmas at St. Bertoline’s 2024 was rather special. Mind you, I suspect I say that every year! The church looked just wonderful with the vast and imaginative array of flower arrangements. There was such a warm and…
When a couple is expecting their first child, the father and mother-to-be often discuss the changes that they will have to make in their pattern of living, and the differences another person in the house will make. Yet, parents will…
“See I am making all things new” Those words come from the Book of Wisdom. The natural world shows forth God’s power to restore and renew. Autumn by autumn the leaves fall from the trees. “In the eyes of the…
It is a year since the The Sycamore Gap tree was cut down close to Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. This 150 year old tree was a very popular landmark and caused outrage and much anger at its illegal felling. In…
Dare I say this ? But in the Book of Common Prayer there is a prayer for Rain part of which says “Send us, we beseech thee, in this our necessity, such moderate rain and showers”. A prayer which follows…
One of the best inventions must be antibiotics developed by Alexander Fleming in 1928 which have saved thousands of lives. It was an invention which might never have happened. Fleming left a dish of bacteria on a bench in his…
I hope you are enjoying the season of Lent and most importantly making some time to be with God. Now we move into the month of March and as we progress a lot is happening. This month we celebrate Mothering…