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Twenty-five years ago, on Tuesday 11th September 2001, terrorist attacks demolished the Twin Towers in New York. They killed 2,996 people and injured more than 6,000. Events like 9/11 raise the inevitable question: Why does God allow such suffering to take place? There are no easy answers to this question! We cannot fully understand why...

Many of us will remember where we were 25 years ago this month, on Tuesday 11th September, when reports began to come in of planes crashing into skyscrapers in New York. For those of us who were at work, the shock was such that little work got done the rest of that day. Instead, we...

This month we return to looking at Old Testament books. The book of Daniel describes his life in Babylon during the sixth century B.C., when he served both Babylonian and Persian rulers. As a teenager, Daniel and his three friends were deported in 605 B.C. to Babylon, where he lived for over 70 years. They...

The Bible contains descriptions of many kinds of leaders. These men (and sometimes women) were responsible for the well-being of groups of people. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. Joshua led the wilderness wanderers into the Promised Land. Gideon, Ezra and Nehemiah led people to fight against their enemies and improved their moral and...

Last time we reflected on the time of ‘Intercessions’ within our service. This month, we consider what comes next. In a Common Worship Communion service, the ‘Peace’ comes straight after the Intercessions. There is no such thing with a Book of Common Prayer (BCP) service. A time of sharing ‘The Peace’ is not restricted to...

Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress; Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head. Bold shall I stand in that great day, Cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay;  Fully absolved through these I am From sin and fear, from guilt and shame… Jesus,...

Georg Philip Telemann, the 18th Century German composer, was an early collector of folk music, long before the vogue for collecting folk tunes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which in England drew in Ralph Vaughan Williams, Cecil Sharp and George Butterworth. Telemann would travel to Poland and note down the folk tunes...

God won’t ask what kind of car you drove, He’ll ask how many people you drove who didn’t have transportation. God won’t ask how big your house was, He’ll ask how many people you welcomed into your home. God won’t ask about the clothes you had in your closet, He’ll ask how many you helped...

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...