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Summer Holidays From the Vicar What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to 2 Thessalonians Just Listen! Deborah: Woman of Faith and Courage Ordinary – but challenging When the time is wrong ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers Summer Holidays The story is told of porters who were hired to carry a group’s possessions on...

The story is told of porters who were hired to carry a group’s possessions on a jungle safari. The pace increased until the head porter called a halt: ‘We’ve come so far, so fast we need to take a break and allow our souls to catch up with our bodies!’ How often do we feel...

The story is told of porters who were hired to carry a group’s possessions on a jungle safari. The pace increased until the head porter called a halt: ‘We’ve come so far, so fast we need to take a break and allow our souls to catch up with our bodies!’ How often do we feel...

Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians from Corinth, after Silas and Timothy had returned from delivering 1 Thessalonians, in AD 51/52. His purpose in writing this letter was largely the same as the first, as the situation in the church remained largely unchanged. He writes to encourage new believers facing persecution (1:4-10), to correct a misunderstanding concerning...

Techno-dinosaur and curmudgeon that I am, I have clung to my old plug-in satnav for far too long. It has finally given up the ghost, and I have listened to the superior wisdom of Madame-my-wife, and started to use my smartphone, held in place via a holder on the car’s dash, to navigate around areas...

 Some people are good working behind the scenes. They don’t make a fuss or want to grab your attention. Instead, they quietly do a job which always gets done, and it is only when they are missing for some reason do we realise the important work that they do! Deborah was a bit like that....

In the church year, we are now well into that long season – it seems to go on forever – variously called ‘Trinity’ or ‘Ordinary time’. Each of those labels tells us something about the approximately six months between Pentecost and Advent Sunday. ‘Trinity’ reminds us that with Pentecost, God has made Himself known to...

See then that ye walk circumspectly, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.  (Ephesians 5, 15-16) There is something that really irritates me in church. The clock is wrong. It is always five minutes fast. I do not mean the clock in the tower, that has not worked for years. There is a wall...

World Cup From the Vicar What’s the Big Idea? – an Introduction to the Books of the Bible: 1 Thessalonians The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth Keep on keeping on Reflected Faith Series: Intercessions HYMN:  The story behind ‘Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken’ Micah’s Message ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers football.  World Cup Many...

Many across the world are united in watching the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. However, football is more than just a game; it can illustrate some key points about the Christian life. As Paul writes: ‘But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I...

Many across the world are united in watching the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. However, football is more than just a game; it can illustrate some key points about the Christian life. As Paul writes: ‘But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I...

1 Thessalonians is the earliest of Paul’s letters, written when he was in Corinth during his second missionary journey (Acts 18:1–18) in 49–51 AD. Thessalonica was the capital of the Roman province of Macedonia, as well as being a flourishing centre for trade and philosophy. After founding the church (Acts 17:1–9) Paul was forced to...