Today is Sanctuary Sunday, the close of Refugee Week. An old Celtic proverb reads: ‘It is in the shelter of each other that the people live.’ Human warmth, welcome and friendship are all forms of sanctuary, something we can all…
Yesterday (Saturday 17 th June) was the Commemoration Day in the Church of England of Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, social reformers. Born into a Bristol manufacturing family in 1844, Samuel Barnett was ordained in 1867 to a curacy at St…
Words of Light and Hope from Tony Hawes Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth – Epilogue My Grandad and I went for many walks after that one. I often listened for the prayers of the earth, but was never sure that…
Words of Light & Hope from Sue Page LLM The God who is Trinity in Relationship With Me (A Truth for all Christians) When pondering about God in three persons….Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I have come to realise that when…
As we celebrate Pentecost today, I though it would be interesting to focus on wind and fire and some of the pictures they conjure up for us. Both are forces which can do great positive things, but can also be hugely destructive. First wind …