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An important spiritual discipline is prayer, where we can both listen and talk to God. However, it’s not always easy, and as Pentecost tells us, we have the Holy Spirit to help us to pray. ‘In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray...

When we do good, even when others are doing wrong – God will bless us. That does not mean God will always bless us in material ways, although at times this is the case. But God will always bless you spiritually for your faithfulness. If you have committed your life to God, let your life...

Have you ever been just sitting there, and all of a sudden, you feel like doing something really nice for someone else? That could well be God, prompting you through the Holy Spirit.

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....