Latest Thought for the Week

Much of preparing for Christmas is about wishes.

Earlier this month I happened to be in New York on the day of the US election.

I know when I feel safe, and yet that feeling, one so hard to describe, is unlike any other.

Remembrance Sunday has long been my favourite day in London.

This week marks an interesting time for me as an American Episcopalian.

This weekend, 62 Companions of Nazareth from around the world are participating in an online retreat from Norwich.

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to attend a concert here at St Martin’s by the amazing choral group I Fagiolini, supported by our very own Choral Scholars.

‘I love the Lord because he hath heard my voice and my supplications…’ so starts Psalm 116, which has been a favourite quotation for many years.

Harvest Festival often falls around the time of the Chinese Chung Yeung (‘Double Ninth’ – the ninth day of the ninth month in the Lunar calendar) Festival, which dates back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) and is an occasion when families customarily gather to climb a mountain and visit the graves of ancestors to pay their respects.