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Lest We Forget From the Vicar What’s the Big Idea? – an introduction to 1 Timothy Reflected Faith Series: Bread and wine< All Saints In praise of oranges What are you built on?  ** Editor:  The Revd Paul Hardingham considers the grief and loss of war… Lest We Forget ‘In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow...

‘In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row, that mark our place: and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amid the guns below.’ This is the first verse of John McCrae’s poem, first published in Punch magazine in 1915. It soon came to symbolise the sacrifice...

‘In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row, that mark our place: and in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly scarce heard amid the guns below.’ This is the first verse of John McCrae’s poem, first published in Punch magazine in 1915. It soon came to symbolise the sacrifice...

This month we look again at the books of the New Testament. Paul wrote to Timothy, ‘my true son in the faith’ (2), as leader of the church in Ephesus. Timothy had a Greek father and Jewish Christian mother (Acts 16:1). Paul led him to faith during his first visit to Lystra and on his...

Last time we reflected on the time of bringing forward our ‘collection’ money. In many churches at the same time the wine and bread are also brought forward by members of the congregation for use during the Eucharist celebration. This bringing of the bread and wine during the Offertory Procession isn’t just a practical matter as...

At the beginning of this month, we celebrate ‘All Saints’ (1st November), when we remember all those heroes of the faith who have in one way or another been a witness to Christ in what they said and what they did. But sometimes the saints of old- those portrayed in Renaissance pictures or in craggy,...

Do you like oranges? Big? small? easy to peel? or a bit more difficult to get into?  They are delicious! Except – when they are not. All orange lovers will know that disappointing moment when they have begun to peel what looks like a perfect orange, only to find that inside it is rotten, marbled...

“Lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.  For you will spread out to the right and to the left…” Isaiah 54: 2, 3 How strong and flexible are you, as a person?  Did you know that the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco can move up to 20 feet in either direction as its centre? It’s...

Season of Creation From the Vicar Aberfan: 60 Years On What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to the Minor Prophets Could sleep be spiritual? Reflected Faith Series – What’s it Worth? Enter Through the Narrow Door You’ve got the wrong person! 23rd Psalm for the Workplace ** Editor:  The Revd Paul Hardingham considers our...

In the church year the Season of Creation (September 1st – October 4th) is an opportunity for us to reflect on our responsibility to care for the planet. As the season draws to an end for this year, have you considered: The world is not ours: ‘The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it’...

In the church year the Season of Creation (September 1st – October 4th) is an opportunity for us to reflect on our responsibility to care for the planet. As the season draws to an end for this year, have you considered: The world is not ours: ‘The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it’...

On 21st October 1966 the Aberfan disaster took place in South Wales. A colliery slag heap collapsed, releasing a torrent of slurry onto the village. It engulfed a number of houses and Pantglas Junior School, killing 116 children and 28 adults. It was a disaster that shocked the nation. As we reflect on it today,...