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The last few days I’ve been thinking about the act of apologizing.

Most mornings I have a conversation with David.

We have been trying to switch broadband provider.

The words ‘justice’ and ‘peace’ are words long linked in Christian prayer.

I suspect that, despite their best efforts, the House of Bishops finds it hard to agree on very much.

War, Partygate, the cost of living, the latest virus: the news is so depressing that it’s easy to forget about things for which we can be thankful.

I’m intrigued by the teaching style of Jesus, his well-known propensity for responding to a catch question with an equally or more challenging question, or embarking on a story leaving listeners puzzling, or saying they need to be like little children to understand.

Just before Easter we spent a few days in Valencia, where we saw, what turns out to be, a copy of Caravaggio’s painting of the Taking of Christ.

From the sixth century the sixth Sunday of Easter and the three days leading up to Ascension Day have been known as Rogation Days. Rogation is the flipside of Harvest; you pray in intercession as you plant the seed, and you pray in thanksgiving as you harvest the crops.