Why We Need The Arts

Casting Crowns have a song about the diversity of the church being its strength, reminding us, ‘It was the rhythm of the dancers That gave the poets life. It was the spirit of the poets That gave the soldiers strength to fight.’ (‘City On A Hill’, Casting Crowns) I...

The Importance of Fellowship

One of my Christmas traditions is to get a book about the English language each year. My father, knowing my love of words, started this tradition a number of years ago, and over the years I have received some wonderful books, including ‘Have You Eaten...

Living Water

Some days are etched in your memory for ever. This one, a blisteringly hot summer’s day in the 1980s, will always be part of my ‘favourite moments.’ I was on holiday in France, enjoying the sunshine and scenery of Provence, and we arrived at...

O Come, Let Us Adore Him!

At our Christmas Day service we enjoyed singing a variety of carols (old and new) and looked at the carol ‘O Come, All Ye Faithful’. One of the oldest carols (probably written in Latin in the 12th century), this is always sung as the penultimate carol in...

Advent – Day 27

For some, Christmas Eve is a flurry of activity: shopping, cooking, cleaning. For me, Christmas Eve was always about celebrating my father’s birthday (usually with a meal out), watching the carol service from King’s College Chapel, Cambridge on television and...