Dear Friends, In April last year, Tom Roberts released a poem on YouTube which has since been viewed tens of millions of times. I shared it with St Peter’s congregation in July and waved his book around, commending it to all and sundry. Called, ‘The Great Realisation’, it’s now been translated into dozens of languages.  […]

Dear Friends, We live in ‘in-between’ time, neither totally locked down, nor yet completely free of restrictions, and that liminal place, of neither one thing nor the other, is not the most comfortable place in which to be.  To be sure, we can do all sorts of things, in terms of hospitality, travelling and amenities, […]

https://mailchi.mp/bcpcouncil/coronavirus-further-lockdown-rules-are-easing-from-17-may?e=b6a3a2d66a Further lockdown restrictions are easing from 17 May The government has announced that step 3 in the roadmap out of lockdown will go ahead on Monday 17 May. Read the changes to rules in full on gov.uk Here’s a summary of the key changes: Seeing others Groups of up to six people or two households can […]

https://view.email.churchofengland.org/?qs=f98ba2280e1d30e01be3620b8898043f247b5bea8d9a53f92d8dd1ab4950af32c979598fbfbd40f134d1adddb89492c3dc2fd424b3c26ad0b1df34da49b46982228714064564115c19f8d216a87bdac7 Helping to support good mental health For Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re releasing a series of audiograms from our Have A Go Habit series to support good mental health. These short audio clips will be shared on social media, encouraging people to take positive action to support others’ and their own mental health. Alongside this new format, we will be […]

Dear Friends, Within this next ten days, we welcome one of the Church’s major festivals, Ascension Day (and I shall share Malcom Guite’s poem about The Ascension with you shortly), we also have an annual opportunity to focus on supporting in prayer and finance the worldwide work for justice and peace of Christian Aid (and my video of intercessions […]

Dear Friends, Let me share with you Malcom Guite’s poem, ‘I am the Vine’, which stimulates reflection around our Gospel reading for this Sunday, 2nd May: John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye […]

The Rev’d Ian Terry leads us in prayers, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, and invites us to reflect with him on what it means for us that the Risen Jesus is the Good Shepherd – we read John 10: 11-18 – and try out an informal way of talking with Jesus, our Good Shepherd, about […]

Good Morning Friends The Glorious 12th of April has arrived as we slowly, but surely, make our way out of lockdown and ease ourselves towards a new normal! It’s high time that I updated you as to what is planned in the coming weeks and months. As I am sure you can understand, everything that […]

https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/archbishop-gives-radio-4-thought-day-hrh-prince-philip To set aside your own rights and interests in order to serve others is always difficult, but as we reflect on the life of His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh, we are reminded of how much it is possible to achieve when we dedicate our lives to larger causes than ourselves. Prince Philip […]