Category Archives: Vicar’s Comment

I wonder if you think of a new year’s promise with delight or a sinking feeling? I enjoyed three very good holidays last year – and then in November had a terrible and sad shock. Since then I’ve spotted a … Continue reading →

I love Christmas and all that goes with it. I love looking forward to, thinking about and planning for special occasions and I’m always ready for a celebration of some kind. Old Testament people looked forward to the coming of … Continue reading →

For the supermarkets, the countdown to Christmas has long begun, and their shelves are already lined with festive food and trimmings in an effort to entice us in. I have sometimes been guilty of playing their game of trying to … Continue reading →

I heard this preached a little while ago. In some Eastern countries it was the custom that when a visitor called you invite them in. If you would like them to stay a little while you offer them a drink. … Continue reading →

Betrayal – definition: Not to be loyal to one’s country. To be disloyal to another person. Someone very dear and close to me has been betrayed.  They have been married to one another and known each other for fifty years.  … Continue reading →

Recently in the news we’ve heard of the attack on the club in Orlando and the murder of Jo Cox MP. Some of us will have had personal news that’s upset us or made us angry or frustrated or sad. … Continue reading →

Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise. You’ll recognise this as the first verse from the famous hymn*.  It has … Continue reading →

I wonder what comes into your head when May comes round. Is it the two bank holidays, with the long weekends that accompany them or the possibility of sunshine? I’ve been reading a book called Soul Keeping by John Ortberg … Continue reading →

I’ve visited a few destinations abroad and if I get a chance I always visit a place of worship. Many of the churches or cathedrals won’t allow you in with bare shoulders or very short shorts and in a few … Continue reading →

This year with Easter early so is Lent; I wonder sometimes what to do with Lent. For me fasting from stuff in Lent is rather negative, linked to “ought” or guilt. And I don’t believe that the Gospel, the Good … Continue reading →