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Happy New Year! I’ll be honest, it feels a bit weird to be writing this a fortnight before Christmas, but […]
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Advertising the Heart of Christmas
Once, conversation in the streets and workplaces commonly included discussion about what people had all seen on TV the previous […]
Dates to Remember
I want to draw attention to five October and November dates which are significant for the way we live today. […]
Godincidence
As part of my role as Rural Dean, I have the responsibility of conducting inspections of churches on behalf of […]
Football over Family?
In the run-up to the Women’s World Cup Final, questions were being asked about whether church services would be cancelled […]
Are We Being Deceived?
As a Christian, I have always been somewhat suspicious of the way that the conflict in Northern Ireland has been […]
Time for a New Wardrobe
As I write, the weather is warming up and, in the words of Prince Hal (in Shakespeare’s Henry IV part […]
Enduring Words
I’ve written in the past about St Dunstan, usually in May, because he died on 19th May 988 (1035 years […]
The Danger of the Short Cut
As many of you know, I used to work in the transport industry (bulk chemical distribution). Most of the time, […]
What’s Good about Good Friday?
The challenges of being the parish priest for three parishes are manifold. One of the smaller but repetitive and unavoidable […]