Reflection

Flannery O’Connor once said, “A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what … Read more

There was a time when if you didn’t attend church on a Sunday, your boss might ask you ‘why not’ on Monday. There was a time when the local parish … Read more

I was delighted last week when the children produced a drawing of a stain glass window featuring unicorns. It took me straight back to a wonderful series of medieval tapestries … Read more

On Saturday 15 October we will gather as a community for a Visioning Day. Please put the date in your diaries and there will be more information to follow. Margaret Silf … Read more

The Convent of San Marco in Florence features many beautiful frescos painted by Fra Angelico in the 15th century. The most famous is not the one shown here, but a larger … Read more

This past week I was struck by an address by Father Ian Bailey, at a funeral I attended. Ian mentioned that quite often on the funeral notice we see written the … Read more

It is commonly held that anger is to be avoided, although you only have to watch the news to see how it pervades society. Yet there is no 11th commandment … Read more

The Gospel reading for this Sunday is the story of Martha and Mary from the Gospel of Luke.  Like many of my friends, this scripture has often grated on me.  … Read more

This Sunday, the fifth Sunday after Pentecost, we will encounter the “Good Samaritan” of the tenth chapter of the Luke’s Gospel. Rev’d Lucy Winkett, ordained as an Anglican priest in … Read more

Karen Armstrong in her new book, Sacred Nature, notes that for St Paul, religion was not all about sound doctrine and right teaching but about kenosis (or self-emptying) and love. … Read more