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Well done, everyone! Our donations raised £946.82 for the five London organisations working to eradicate the scourge of modern slavery: Ella’s Home, Kalayaan, Love146, the Rise Project, and Tamar.

In this season of pilgrimage, we might remember the many people who have found their journey a source of awe and wonder.

Fiona and I have been bowled over by how kind and thoughtful everyone has been to us in our first couple of weeks here.

I’ve always found the Sundays after Easter tricky.

Today I saw a map of the West Bank – a patchwork of Palestinian communities fractured by Israeli settlements, connecting roads forbidden with the threat of being shot.

The eggs have been hunted, the Lenten abstinences have been joyfully left behind, the Easter feast has been celebrated and schools have started again.

I recently went to Israel and Palestine, to listen to people’s stories of reconciliation and to visit ancient sites.

I began my first Palm Sunday sermon from the back of the church and not, as expected, in the pulpit. That was intended as an illustration of the reality that Jesus, through his life and teaching, turned our understanding of life upside down.

From our Vicar, Sam, I learned the phrase ‘going to the bottom of the pond’. It means that kind of deep conversation with a good friend that helps you delve deeply and safely into all the murky bits that are troubling your life.