Coranavirus
COVID-19 Briefing 10/11
November 9, 2020The month of November often carries a sombre tone. The days are shorter, curtains are drawn earlier and there feels as if there is less of the day left after …
COVID-19 Briefing 05/11
November 4, 2020A message from Bishop Andrew A call to begin 28 days of focused prayer Friends, these are challenging times as we move into Lockdown once more, and this time as …
COVID-19 Briefing 03/11
November 2, 2020We have this treasure … in jars of claySince attending the ordinations a few weeks ago, I have been reflecting further on 2 Corinthians 4:1-11, one of the passages that …
COVID-19 Briefing 27/10
October 26, 2020A new horizon of hope We are in the middle of preparing our annual performance review for the Church House team which will be discussed at Bishops Council next month. …
COVID-19 Briefing 20/10
October 19, 2020“By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept” – these words from Ps 137 keep coming to mind (I am desperately trying to resist the tune from Boney M!). …
COVID-19 Briefing 13/10
October 12, 2020It was a challenge I set myself as a young adult – to learn Romans chapter 8 by heart. Compared with the old Jewish practice of learning the whole Pentateuch …
COVID-19 Briefing 06/10
October 5, 2020‘Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with …
COVID-19 Briefing 22/09
September 21, 2020‘The one who sings prays twice’. These words, attributed to Augustine of Hippo (354-430), are almost certainly not his but they do resonate through the centuries. We have been deprived …
COVID-19 Briefing 15/09
September 14, 2020Over the last 6 months many of us have been wrestling with the question ‘What does it mean to be church in a time of pandemic’? It is a question …
COVID-19 Briefing 08/09
September 7, 2020Bishop Andrew shares his thought for the day on ‘As some are in the habit of doing’. Full transcript is available in the YouTube description. Critical Reading Changes in the …