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Pastoral Letter - 7th August
Dear Friends, Yesterday was the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Matthew Chapter 16 verses 13-23. The Collect: Father in Heaven,...
Emily Bainbridge
Aug 7, 20208 min read


Friday 7th August – Icon of the Day
‘When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms’ From...
Chris Williams
Aug 7, 20201 min read


Thursday 6th August – Icon of the Day
‘And that’s what our religion says to us—that Good Friday may occupy the throne for a day, but ultimately it must give way to the...
Chris Williams
Aug 6, 20201 min read


Wednesday 5th August – Icon of the Day
‘If you think where you are is boring, it’s because you haven’t woken its soul’ Rilke *** Image: Hafnarstræti, Reykjavík, Iceland,...
Chris Williams
Aug 5, 20201 min read


Tuesday 4th August - Icon of the Day
‘I’m too alone in the world, yet not alone enough To make each hour holy I’m too small in the world, yet not small enough To be simply in...
Chris Williams
Aug 4, 20202 min read


Monday 3rd Aug - Icon of the Day
‘Tell all the truth but tell it slant The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind’ Emily Dickinson *** Image: Crepuscular Rays,...
Chris Williams
Aug 3, 20201 min read


Sunday 2nd August - Icon of the Day
‘When you hear Jesus say ‘eat my bread and drink my blood’, you are supposed to stop breathing for a few moments’ Thomas Merton ***...
Chris Williams
Aug 2, 20201 min read


Saturday 1st August - Icon of the Day
‘God is already present, in the most unexpected places. We just need to make God visible’ Philip Yancey *** Image: Crepuscular rays or...
Chris Williams
Aug 1, 20201 min read


Friday 31st July - Icon of the Day
‘Silence my soul, these trees are prayers I asked the tree, ‘Tell me about God’ Then it blossomed’ Rabindranath Tagure *** Image: Cherry...
Chris Williams
Jul 31, 20201 min read


Pastoral Letter - 31st July
A few of you have asked for a copy of the talk I gave last Sunday
Emily Bainbridge
Jul 31, 202010 min read


Thursday 30th July - Icon of the Day
‘Contemplation and action are not opposites, but two interdependent forms of a life that is one – a life that rushes out to a passionate...
Chris Williams
Jul 30, 20201 min read


Wednesday 29th July - Icon of the Day
‘There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun’ … ‘We are all living in a world that is...
Chris Williams
Jul 29, 20201 min read


Tuesday 28th July - Icon of the Day
‘By virtue of the Creation, and, still more, of the Incarnation, nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see. On the...
Chris Williams
Jul 28, 20201 min read


Monday 27th July - Icon of the Day
‘…take my hand that is Of the bone the island Is made of, and looking at Me say what time it is On love’s face, for we have No business...
Chris Williams
Jul 27, 20201 min read


Sunday 26th July - Icon of the Day
‘You called, you cried, you shattered my deafness. You sparkled, you blazed, you drove away my blindness. You shed your fragrance and I...
Chris Williams
Jul 26, 20202 min read


Saturday 25th July – Icon of the Day
‘Yahweh frequently moves the boundary in order to restore the centre, calling a broken people back to justice and compassion. Jesus, in a...
Chris Williams
Jul 25, 20201 min read


Friday 24th July - Icon of the Day
I once spoke to my friend, an old squirrel About the Sacraments – He got so excited And ran into a hollow in his tree and came Back...
Chris Williams
Jul 24, 20201 min read


Pastoral Letter - 24th July
Dear Friends, "Being married to Jeffrey is bad enough, being married to Jesus would be awful!" Thus begins the celebrated monologue "Love...
Emily Bainbridge
Jul 24, 20207 min read


Thursday 23rd July - Icon of the Day
'Captain Captain, long Is the wind’s tongue And cold your porridge. Look up now And dry your beard. Teach me to ride In my high saddle...
Chris Williams
Jul 23, 20201 min read


Virtual Sunday School: Sunday 26th July
Luke 8. 22-25 Jesus calms the storm children 3-7 years 1. The Opening Prayer: "Dear Lord Jesus, you were with the disciples when there...
Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski
Jul 22, 20203 min read
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