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It’s the twelfth day of Christmas as I write. The decorations are all carefully taken down and packed away until next Christmas, so home feels rather empty.

Any particularly observant visitor to either of our churches through this Christmas season will have noticed that the Crib at the front of the church houses the animals of the stable.

Having remembered my childhood memories of the wonder of an Advent Calendar at the beginning of this month, now I am recalling that writing thank you letters in the week after Christmas was also very special to me. Perhaps unusually for a child, I would be keen to start writing “thank yous” on Boxing Day. When I look back, what I notice is that deciding how I was going to say thank you was even better than unwrapping the present, because I was having time to think about how m

During Advent, as in Lent, Christians traditionally practiced prayer, fasting and self-examination. It is worth pausing to reflect on Advent themes. They are not all comfortable,

With the nights beginning to draw in, and the next moon cycle bringing the Harvest super moon (7 th October) we are fully into autumn.

September draws to a close with the feast of St Michael and All Angels on 29 th September.

Continuing my reflections on September saints, September 21 st brings us the feast of St Matthew. One of the traditions that has been...

These are lines from the final hymn in an amazing service that I have just experienced.

This week I have been the chaplain at the pre-ordination retreat for those ordained on Saturday to the order of Deacon.

As many of us know, Pam Holton has recently returned from Sri Lanka. For the few who may not know Pam...

I’d like to introduce you to a friend of mine called Sue. I met her many years ago - over 30 - when I decided to attend a ‘re-confirmation’ class.

With so much going on in the world at the moment, it’s easy to get angry, I know.

This Sunday we are celebrating the feast of the Ascension, the celebration of the resurrected Jesus being taken into heaven

Before I move to North Devon, I wanted to share some of the blessings, opportunities and challenges that I have known here.

When I was growing up we had a family down the road with three children, all with names beginning with R...

My Easter leave was graced with being able stay very close to all that was unfolding in Rome as, just the day after giving his Easter Sunday blessing to crowds, Pope Francis died on Monday.

If you’ve ever walked along Meadfoot Beach in blowy weather at high tide...

As Lent began, I planted my seed trays with various favourites. Now I am looking forward to planting out what will become a riot of colour in our garden. A parable of Easter, perhaps?

We have come to the culmination of Lent. In church a distinctive series of services through Holy Week will invite us to make the journey with Jesus into Jerusalem

The gospel reading for Passion Sunday is one of passionate, extravagant love.