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Dear Friends I heard on the radio recently that there is a desire by some to end ‘daylight saving hours’ across Europe and hopefully in Great Britain too. I was surprised to learn that it’s only 117 years since it was introduced. To our benefit it means that the mornings are a little lighter in winter, but the darkness begins to close in quickly later afternoon and evening. It’s not surprising then that themes of light become commonly expressed as…

Dear Friends It’s September, autumn and the beginning of a new academic year. How are you feeling? For some, it means the end of a long summer break and the daunting prospect of hard study that will lead toward exams. For others we don’t have the pressure of the academic year, instead we might simply be pleased to be back in routine. Whatever you face in these coming weeks and months, be assured that God is with you. It’s good…

Dear Friends Jesus lived an active life. As a young man he learned Joseph’s trade and would have helped him in the workshop, creating and fixing items necessary for living. In the film the Passion of the Christ, in one of its few tender moments, Jesus is portrayed showing his mother a table he has prepared, both enjoying the fruit of his labour. During his three-year ministry he was busy, moving from one town to another, teaching and healing. We…

Dear Friends, Richard Rolle, a 14th Century English Christian, wrote, ‘for to love and to be loved is the sweetest activity of all human life’. Rolle was a man of prayer, a lover of God in an age of anxiety. Despite the harshness of Medieval English life Rolle’s faith was captivated by love; the love of God and a love for God. Love is the deepest human need, more vital than bread and water, the body may perish from lack…