Reclaiming Community

Reclaiming Community

Do you know the story of the tree of sorrows? In a small village in Poland there lived a wise rabbi, much loved by the…

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First Things First

First Things First

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.” Rumi We heard the story of Higgins the drop of water…

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In This Together

In This Together

You’ve perhaps heard versions of the old Yorkshire saying, “The whole world’s a bit strange ‘cept thee and me – and I’m not so sure…

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What We Need

What We Need

I’m only going to allow myself one rant this morning and I’ve decided to get it out of the way early on. If I ruled…

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New Perspectives

New Perspectives

Every week a little group of us meet in the hall here at the church for a Pilates class. Jordane our teacher is so committed…

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Taking Stock

Taking Stock

I once spent a whole summer holiday working in a stock cupboard. This was in the olden days, way back in the 1970s when you…

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A young woman clambering along a rough climbing wall alongside a stream in a forest.

Be Not Afraid

It is completely normal for human beings to feel fear. Our fears start in childhood – from the two universal fears of falling and loud…

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A picture of Springfield church from the Simpsons cartoon with a wayside pulpit stating 'Thou Shalt Turn Off Thy Cell Phone'

CH..CH – Glad that UR in it

There are many ways to sort us all out according to our likes and dislikes – we could ask for a show of hands for…

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A segment of a colour-coded map of London indicating journey times from the centre of London to all other points in the city.

The Maps of Our Lives

I’m strangely fond of old maps – the kinds that were drawn long before satellite images or proper surveying equipment – maps with strange creatures…

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Numerous small silhouette figures converging on the centre of an empty circle.

Containing Multitudes

It has not been a week for good news, has it. So many difficult events have been reported to us from around the world: on-going…

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