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The trains have long gone, the smoke cleared, the track lifted; the tunnel still stands, burrowing through the limestone hills above the Wye Valley. Old railway routes make good footpaths and one...
Spring is coming. The sun shines brightly in a blue sky. Flowers of various hues brighten the garden. The garden is alive with avian activity and over the last few days, we have watched a robin...
Your Parish Community Site has just hit a fantastic Three Hundred news and information posts since being launched, less than a year ago. We’ll have more to say next month, but in the meantime, thank...
The Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for forty days, tempted by Satan (Mark 1: 12,13). Lent marks Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness; at the end of which he was...
‘Out of the ground you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.’ Gen 3:19. This week we have begun the season of Lent; traditionally a period for reflection, for repentance, for...
How quickly the scene changes. A few moments ago, the sky was grey, the light had dimmed and snow was falling heavily. Large flakes danced and swirled gently past the study window, covering once...
This is a strange moment. Christmas is past, Lent is yet to come, we’re in between. What now? Normally at this time of year we make plans; holiday, family togetherness, community events. Our...
To allow for cleaning between funeral sevices St Mary's will be open for private prayer on Tuesday 9th February instead of Thursday 11th February. The church will be open on Thursday 18th February...
Simeon said to Mary, ‘This child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel – and a sword will pierce your own soul too’ – Lk 2:34, 35 On the wall above my desk hangs a small picture of a...
‘.. my word that goes out from my mouth; shall not return to me empty, it shall accomplish that which I purpose and succeed in the thing for which I sent it.’ Is 55: 11 This morning the postman...