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A Cross Attitude From the Vicar Reflecting faith – Easter Flowers An Easter Meditation  Surveying the Cross Mystery of the Passion The story behind the story of Ben Hur The Spiritual Disciplines: Confession All part of the same BIG story of redemption ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers what happened on Good Friday and Easter....

In this Easter season, how does Philippians 2 help us to understand more about the cross? Paul explains what Jesus did in this way: ‘He did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage… And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death,...

In this Easter season, how does Philippians 2 help us to understand more about the cross? Jesus’ Example (v6-8) ‘He did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage… And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross!’...

Many types of flowers are used in churches, but during Easter, there is one that is especially loved: the Easter Lily. It is a tall, stately flower topped by large, graceful, white trumpet-shaped blooms. While commercial bulb production of Easter lilies only began in the 19th century, Easter lilies make many appearances in both the...

In the New Testament the resurrection of Jesus is presented as a simple historical fact.  He did rise from the grave on that first Easter morning. The four evangelists, and Paul, carefully lay out the evidence. They record for us the details of the empty tomb, the names of those who visited it, the various...

In England in the 1600s, singing in church was confined to simple melodies attached to the words of the psalms. Each line would be sung in turn by a precentor, and the congregation would follow. This was a slow, stilted and rather uninspiring process! When Isaac Watts was 15 years old, he complained to his...

“I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me though he were dead yet shall he live” John 11:25 It would have been hard on Good Friday for anyone to imagine the glory that was coming on Sunday morning. On Friday the situation seemed hopeless: Peter denied Christ three times; Judas committed suicide; the...

There is a story to be told of the writing of Ben Hur, the book that became the 1959 block-buster film featuring Charlton Heston. It was written in 1880 by Lew Wallace, an American lawyer, Union general during the Civil War, and then governor of the New Mexico Territory. (His statue still stands today on...

This month we are looking at the practice of confession. ‘If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.’ (1 John 1:9). Confession enables us to enter fully into God’s grace, as we are assured of forgiveness for our sin and shame....

Ever wonder how the Old Testament fits in with the New Testament? They are not different stories, but different stages in one and the same story – of how God has reached out and rescued mankind. Throughout the Old Testament there are references to a coming Messiah who will redeem His people.  For Jesus did...

Mothering Sunday From the Vicar Spiritual Disciplines – Fasting Reflecting faith – what birds can remind us about our faith Stay trimmed and balanced Head for the wilderness ** Editor:  Canon Paul Hardingham considers our appreciation of mothers. Mothering Sunday Mothering Sunday is a day of mixed emotions. For many it’s a happy, joyous day,...

Mothering Sunday is a day of mixed emotions. For many it’s a happy, joyous day, but for others it’s one of pain and grief. A day to celebrate love, while acknowledging those who cannot have children or have lost them and those who have no relationship with their mother. In the dying moments of His...