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Why has the Eucharist been the centre of most Christians’ communal worship across the Church’s history, a practice we keep today?

We hear a lot about victory these days – victory in Europe in World War 2, the likelihood of victory in Ukraine or of Israel over Hamas and even victory in the football Euros.

Many people have been inspired by the example of Rob Burrow, the brilliant rugby league player who died of motor neurone disease this week at the age of 41.

I spent quite a proportion of last weekend making dots on paper, along with a fewer number of ticks.

The Lent Course, this year, tempted me to read biographies.

Once there was a rich man.

Congregational weddings seem to be like the proverbial bus – none for ages and then they all come at once.

I was moved this week by the biography of Pandita Mary Ramabai, commemorated in the Church of England calendar this past Tuesday (30 April).

A few months ago I was absolutely delighted to be asked to participate in a programme on Radio 3 to celebrate Gavin Bryars’ fabulous anthem ‘Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me Yet’.