Latest Thought for the Week

You sought to start a simple school of prayer,

This week a family who are very dear to me have made the immensely painful decision to give up their 4-year-old foster daughter.

Musing on my reaction to a contestant’s dramatic weeping in a recent episode of Love Island, I naturally turned to Book 3 of St. Augustine’s “Confessions”.

There’s been a lot going on in the news this week.

When a member of Parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee says of Archbishop Welby: ‘The archbishop should stick to religion and keep out of politics.’ what do we think?

I missed the Pentecost Eucharist last Sunday morning with its wonderful readings about the pouring out of the Holy Spirit, the varieties of gifts, services and activities of the Spirit, and how Jesus had breathed on the disciples saying ‘Receive the Holy Spirit’.

This question came to me on a recent trip to India.

The weekend of our annual meeting is a good time to think about lay ministry.

This year, Christian Aid Week (14 – 20 May) is focusing on communities in Malawi, whose crops have been struggling with the impact of the climate emergency including unreliable rainfall, storms, flooding and strong winds.