My dear Friends, "Missing, presumed killed." This was the message my paternal grandparents received in the Spring of 1940. Then, another...

My dear Friends, First may I say how grateful I am to those of you who have taken the trouble to write back to me in recent weeks, to...

Dear Friends, The hallowed feasts of All Saints and All Souls are coming up, when we especially think about the journeys our departed...

Dear Friends, (Though perhaps it should read "Dear Friend," nowadays, as I don’t know how many still read this!) "Do you believe in God?"...

My dear friends, Many of you will have seen on the news recently that Andrew Davies, the leader of the Tories in Wales, has decided to...

Dear Friends, Last Sunday we celebrated two special things: at 11.30am we hosted the Civic Service as the Mayor, Council and...

Dear Lord, For weeks, or rather months now, I have been writing letters to the parishioners of St Mary’s Twickenham and indeed to anyone...

Please read below of possible problems accessing the church on Sunday morning 26th September, due to The High Tide event in Church...

Our post on Easter Sunday 2021 marked the completion of a year of bringing you an 'Icon of the Day' compiled by Dr Katherine Cox for...

Dear Friends, On Tuesday of this week there was a Concert in church to celebrate the life of HOWARD GREENWOOD, one of the founders of the...

Dear Friends, It was marvellous to see around 100 of you back in church last Sunday and as those who were there may recall my saying, as...

Dear Friends, As we prepare to return to church this coming Sunday for our 9.30am Parish Eucharist, first come with me down an imagined,...

Dear Friends, I know that some of you may think I may have lost what few priestly marbles I might have, but may I ask you to forget for a...

My Dear Friends, I stayed there overnight for the first time thirty years ago this month, but it had been a place I had been aware of...

My dear friends, Were I ever to write a novel, were I ever to devote a couple of years of my life to a narrative, I have been wondering...

I wasn’t anticipating writing any more of these letters, as you know, but recently we have lost two friends: one female, one male; one a...

My dear Friends, Most of us had anticipated a return to church for worship by now and therefore an end of these letters. However, for...

My dear Friends, In Morris West’s novel, "The Shoes of the Fisherman", Pope Kiril contemplates the very real possibility of the end of...

My dear Friends, I hope that all is well with you. I am not sure if I have said this sufficiently frequently recently, but you are all,...

My Dear Friends, I was so impressed and inspired last year when you wrote to me of the areas of life you identified as being things for...