Easter Sunday Message from Rev Sue Murray – 4th April
Last year I had the privilege of visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the alleged site covering the two areas of...
Last year I had the privilege of visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the alleged site covering the two areas of...
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross, Till my trophies at last I lay down; I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it someday...
Extracts from Good Friday Reflection by Archbishop Justin Welby on 10 April 2020 With the crucifixion, Jesus was in physical agony to an...
A late 15th-century mural painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci and situated in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle...
On Easter morning (as last year, and indeed as on every morning) what we are faced with is something very certain – the resurrection of...
Extracts from an article by Laurie Vere published 3 March 2017 Lent is a re-enactment — an embodiment — of Jesus’s stay in the...
Early Evening About seven miles from Jerusalem is a village named Emmaus and, later that same day, two people were walking home, talking...
Matthew 21 vv 1-11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them,...
Welsh poet, Henry Vaughan (1622 – 1695), gives us a glimpse of a few hours of joy Hark, how the children shrill and high ‘Hosanna’ cry....
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world. I love you, Lord Jesus, my love, above...
House martins are a familiar sight in our Cotswold benefice, arriving like feathered Exocets and checking whether last year’s nests have...
Today we mourn. For promises unfulfilled For wholeness unrealized For brokenness still afflicting Today there is only darkness. Our hopes...
If the very first Christmas had not happened There would be no Easter Without Easter Humanity would be hopeless and eternally lost...
The Death The land was in darkness for three hours from mid-day. Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Someone...
from Lamentations 1 I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to...
Spring cleaning is both a physical challenge that can take place during that time of emerging from Winter into Springtime, and a metaphor...
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world. I love you, Lord Jesus, my love, above...
We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you because by your Holy Cross you have redeemed the world. I love you, Lord Jesus, my love, above...
GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on...
Kim Trinder shares some memories: It seems hard to remember a time as I was growing up when we didn’t have an egg hunt on Easter Day....