ponderings
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Read the Gospels and one thing which keeps coming up is Jesus going where he isn’t expected to go. He keeps turning up among the disreputable, the marginalised, and the unloved, folk who, in the eyes of their culture, quite clearly were not the “blessed”. In fact, many of them would have been thought of…
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An improvised poem, spontaneously devised and recorded as I prepared St Mary’s, Boston Spa to livestream the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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“Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.” — Bernard of Clairvaux What follows was written a good few years ago, but as my first post of this new blog, I hope it gives some idea as to why…
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Two speeches worth hearing I have watched this autumn’s Labour and Conservative party conference leaders’ speeches and come away with more hope than I expected. Andy Burnham, giving his first speech as Prime Minister, and Kemi Badenoch, leader of the Opposition, set out visions for the country that could hardly be more different, yet both…
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Hard to see, because we weren’t looking
Read the Gospels and one thing which keeps coming up is Jesus going where he isn’t expected to go. He keeps turning up among the…
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On the morning of Her Majesty’s Funeral
An improvised poem, spontaneously devised and recorded as I prepared St Mary’s, Boston Spa to livestream the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Being an online prophet.
“Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.” —…
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Fellowship, neighbours and the space for nuance
October 7th 2026 There is a big difference between the people we are in fellowship with and people we’re simply “on good terms with”. We…
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Sowing God’s Word: reaping God’s harvest
Sunday 27th September 2026 Rhythm of Life series – teaching after the sermon, Luke 17: 11-19 Last week our Rhythm of Life focus was on…
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Creation in Christ
Creation in Christ, Sunday 6th September 2026 Collect: O God and Father of all that was, is and ever shall be, help us to be thankful…
