Latest Thought for the Week

After last Sunday’s 10:00 Eucharist, we had a Sunday Showcase, highlighting nearly fifteen years of the work of the St Martin’s Disability Advisory Group (DAG) which is a focus for issues that particularly apply to deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in our church community and as a group provides mutual support.

A couple of weeks ago at the Wednesday evening service, Bread for the World, Richard gave a reflection on Psalm 23, a passage many of us are familiar with and have likely heard in a multitude of contexts.

In the UK, the name John Lewis conjures up for me images of high street department stores, housewares and long elevators, a quick sit-down in the tea room.

I considered this question earlier this year as part of my ongoing studies for an MA in Christianity and the Arts.

I was intending to write this piece about an exciting project in Myanmar that the Global Neighbours Committee is about to begin supporting but on Wednesday last week I received an email from Oxfam.

As news breaks of yet another deadly conflict, baffling court ruling, and polarising election result, I feel increasingly powerless and, because my job requires political impartiality, voiceless.

In Anglican services we frequently recite the Nicene Creed, stating our belief in one God, but also affirming that the God in whom we believe is both one and three: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Through all of history God has been trying to give away God.

I find the Sunday after Ascension the most poignant Sunday of the year.