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In my local church, we use a parish prayer which includes the line: ‘Help us to be brave enough to fail – but try again.’ Encouraging words indeed, and if we look back throughout the centuries, many men and women who have made the world a better place have taken those words to heart. For...

‘The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.’ Proverbs 9:10  These six words sum up a year in which many things we valued became impossible. Some we found we could easily do without, but others were vital things like friendship, community, and touch. Their gradual...

I found some words of wisdom in a newspaper recently, taken from an interview with Marcelo Bielsa, the Leeds United manager. “The moments in my life when I have improved are closely related to failure. The moments in my life when I have regressed are closely related to success. Being successful deforms us as human...

Many children enjoy boiled sweets – especially trying to see how long they can make them last.   The pleasure of holding the flavoured sweet in your mouth is far better than crunching it up in a few seconds! There is a way of doing much the same with a Bible passage, and it is called...

Olympic Gold From the Vicar The Good Samaritan HYMN:  The story behind ‘Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken’ Reflected Faith Series: The Spaces Between Time for a change What’s your next step? Don’t stop too soon Following ** Editor: Canon Paul Hardingham considers the need for encouragement. Olympic Gold This month should see the start...

This month should see the start of the Tokyo Olympics, having been postponed from last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. A number of New Testament letters refer to Olympic sport including Hebrews: ‘Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin...

This month should see the start of the Tokyo Olympics, having been postponed from last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. A number of New Testament letters refer to Olympic sport including Hebrews: ‘Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin...

This month we are looking at the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37). This familiar story tells of a man who is mugged on the road between Jerusalem and Jericho and rescued by a Samaritan. Jesus tells it in response to a lawyer’s question, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?” When Jesus...

Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God; He whose word cannot be broken Formed thee for His own abode. On the rock of ages founded, What can shake thy sure repose? With salvation’s walls surrounded, Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.   See, the streams of living waters, Springing from...

Most of us have been in situations where we are not in control, and we don’t know how to feel or how to react to our situation. We need help. The most valuable gift you can have at those times – is time itself. Time to be ‘listened to’. Really listened to. But it is...

I have had my walking boots for a few years now, and they have been faithful companions. We have walked many miles together during that time, on my daily walks as well as on holiday. They are partly responsible for my physical recovery after Covid-19, so they have a place in my heart. They fit...

Does this month spell the end of school, college, or even a job, for you?  Then congratulations are in order: you have completed a significant step! Now it’s time to decide your next step. The dictionary defines ‘step’ as a physical movement that advances you in a desired direction. You ‘step’ forward in order to...