![Three camels being led across the Sahara Desert.](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_camel-400x140.jpg)
Reading / Reflection: In Charles Dickens’ famous novel David Copperfield we meet Mr Micawber, a kindly, larger than life man who befriends the young Copperfield. …
![A painting of a hand writing a letter by candlelight.](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_writingdown-400x140.jpg)
I wonder how many of us can remember learning to read and to write? They are apparently very different learning processes and our individual experiences…
![An etching illustrating the Book of Esther.](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_esther-400x140.jpg)
On my first week at theology college I showed myself up, just a little bit. One of our lecture rooms was called Vashti and I…
![The hands of a very old person, resting on a crochet blanket, and gently held by the hands of another person.](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_dying-400x140.jpg)
This service featured a guest reflection from Jeannene Powell. Story: This story – known as ‘The Appointment in Samarra’ – is an ancient one, but…
![The Mars Rover on the surface of the red planet.](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_marsrover-400x140.jpg)
If you happen to be out this week shortly after sunset, (you should still be able to see Mars just above the horizon after sunset…
![Stonehenge on a sunny day.](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_stonehenge-400x140.jpg)
Have you visited Stonehenge lately? Was your visit as dismal as Bill Bryson’s trip, humorously described in his book that we heard an extract from…
![Two protestors, one in a bowler hat and smoking a cigar, another with the flag of Greece painted on their face and with chains wrapped around their neck. They hold a banner which reads 'break the chains of debt'.](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_jubileedebt-400x140.jpg)
We’ve just completed a small group here at Essex Church, focusing on the origins of our liberal religious faith. One of the surprises, for some…
![The Venerable Bede](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_bede-400x140.jpg)
“In 731 AD, in the most far-flung corner of the known universe, a book was written that represented a height of scholarship and erudition that…
![Take One Egg](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wb_egs-470x140.jpg)
At the start of the service I mentioned that we’re having a congregational bring and share lunch after today’s service to which you are all…
![Doom and Gloom](https://www.kensington-unitarians.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wbdoomgloom-400x140.jpg)
Back in the 1990s I discovered a newspaper that actually brought joy to my heart – it was called Positive News and was jam packed…