Last week’s gospel reading gave us an insight into Jesus’s preaching in the synagogue in Nazareth,...

Reflection on Luke 4: 14-21 Matthew and Luke both tell the story of Jesus, and both give more...

The Wedding at Cana (John 2:  1-11) The first “sign” that John records, in his gospel, is the...

The Teaching of John the Baptist and the Baptism of Jesus Today we remember the baptism of Jesus...

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” – a sentence many of us have heard often; this is how...

Isaiah 9: 2-7 This passage is one that is familiar to us at this time of year. We hear it read...

The fourth Sunday of Advent takes us back to the imminent birth of Jesus - to the angel coming to...

Last week Luke told us how John the Baptist “arrived” preaching and offering a baptism of...

Advent readings can feel a bit strange in their chronology; there is the preparation for the birth...

When should you start getting ready for Christmas? Good question and lots of answers. A...

REFLECTION Micah speaks of a time when there will be peace and security for all, when swords and...

Gospel: Mark 12: 38-44 As Jesus taught, he said,  ‘Beware of the scribes, who like to walk...

With COP26 taking place and the subject of climate change at the fore-front of everyone’s thinking...

On the hills above our parishes are the moors, peaty, boggy moors “no good for anything much” some...

In the old westerns the good cowboys wore white hats and the baddies were in black hats – so it...

1000 years ago – so the story goes – King Canute tried to stop the rising tide: did the King have...

All Saints We should celebrate All Saints at the beginning of November, though the evening of All...

The story of Bartimaeus in the Gospel of Mark is the final story we hear of Jesus being on his way...