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Know you ARE deeply loved FEBRUARY BRINGS the arrival of Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated by around 40 million Brits who spend an average of £35 each (in 2020) on gifts, takeaways and movies! I […]
Giving Thanks with a Grateful Heart WHEN I was a child, I remember my Mum teaching me the importance of saying thank you and showing gratitude to others who help you. Reflecting on this recently, […]
Come Lord Jesus AT THE END of November, the Christian Church begins the season of Advent. For too many of us, Advent is no longer a season in its own right, but simply a time […]
News just out: young people pray twice as much as old people! I WAS SURPRISED and delighted by a recent survey (see Young more likely to pray than over-55s – survey – BBC News) in […]
My Hope for Continued Harmony 1 CORINTHIANS 13, 12-13 “For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I […]
I’ve been reflecting on Opening Up and Taking Risks AS SOCIETY opens up and more of the events and places we related to before March 2020 become available again, so the risks of being infected […]
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE VERB I HAVE served in ordained ministry in the Church of England as a parish priest for 28 years. I have had the privilege of laughing and crying and experiencing […]
LIVING INTO A NEW WORLD: I SAW a brilliant meme (think of a snarky internet joke picture*) a couple of years ago. It had a picture of the Dark Knight suited up in all his […]
NOTICE THE BURNING BUSHES: ABOUT THIS time last year, a month or so into lockdown, one of the questions our church leadership team asked one another was, “What are you NOT missing? Are there any […]
MOVING FORWARD IN A STRAIGHT LINE: I RECENTLY watched the film ‘News of the World.’ It is set in 1870 just after the American Civil War, and stars Tom Hanks as a retired Army Captain, […]
Dr Alison Johnston, Caversham Bridge, 2017 (Editors Login)