On Monday 19th July 2021 we officially moved to step 4 of the ‘Roadmap out of Lockdown’. The approach taken by the Government in this step is to remove most coronavirus legislation but to promote guidance that emphasises the...
Almost a year ago at the very beginning of the pandemic I found real strength and inspiration from Psalm 46. I remember sharing my thoughts and reflections from the first 3 verses of the Psalm. God is our refuge...
I want to pick up from my Sunday sermon and continue to reflect for a moment on the theme of lamenting. It seems so topical for us at the moment as we have now been living with Covid for...
Well it’s encouraging to think that there are now plans in place for the gradual easing of restrictions which will be taking place over the next few months. How things develop and whether these particular targets can be met...
Lent and Easter are an important part of the Christian calendar. The season of Lent lasts for forty days (not including Sundays). It is a time when Christians reflect and prepare for the celebrations of Easter. Some people fast,...
My Father passed away on December 7th last year. He was 89 years old, had been suffering from kidney failure and died in his sleep, in his bed, with my Mother beside him. Whilst we obviously miss him, I...
Where on earth do we find God? Last week I offered some reflections on the challenging question of how we ‘find’ God in difficult times, when we don’t have some of the usual comforts available to us that might...
Where on earth do we find God? This is a question that I have been thinking about for some weeks. Perhaps I’ve set myself up with an impossible question. Another way to say this might be in its negative...
I think we all felt a certain collective numbness come upon us last week as we heard the sobering and distressing news that we had reached the terrible milestone of 100,000 deaths from Covid 19. In response to that...
I do hope that you are all keeping your spirits up as we come towards the end of January. All we can say for certain at this stage is that we are one step closer to the end of...