Ministers letters

Dear Friends, Lockdown (3) – How is it for you? There is more to life than Covid. It is easy to allow the pandemic to overwhelm everything else that is happening; locally, nationally, even globally. E.g, BREXIT, whatever our view

Dear Friends, And so, we come to January 6th – 12th Night – 12 Days of Christmas Festivities have come to their traditional end. Liturgically speaking, it could be argued that ‘Christmas’ continues until the Festival of Candlemas, 2nd February,

Dear Friends, As a minister I conduct many services. One of the most moving has been the ‘watchnight’ service held on New Year’s Eve, starting at 11.30pm and leading up to the turning of the year at midnight. It provides

Dear Friends, I grew up attending a South Wales Valleys Church, and reflecting its tradition, it never made that much of Christmas Day. You only went to Church on Christmas Day if Christmas Day was a Sunday. Sunday was the

Dear Friends, I remember, many years ago, an English lesson during which we were introduced to Proverbs. One of which was, ‘You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink’. If ever there was a sentence

Dear Friends, Living where I do, I am very fortunate. I am surrounded by green spaces. There is plenty of fresh air. Being locked down can have consequences that we never imagined. If truth be known, hitherto I had not

Dear Friends, December has arrived. Today we emerge out of lockdown. From now on, in London at least, restrictions on our movement, our activities and our meeting together have been eased. As a Congregation, from this Sunday onwards we will

Dear all, Firstly, thank you everyone wo replied to last weeks letter. My ‘post-bag’ was bulging. Thanks’ to those who were concerned for me personally. Be assured I am ok. I wanted to draw attention to the fact that all

Dear Friends, Well, it’s actually arrived. The day I dreaded has finally dawned. I’m sat in front of the computer, about to start writing my latest Wednesday letter, and I cannot think of anything to say. I’m not someone who

Dear Friends, As we entered lock down just a week ago, it was with something approaching light relief that we were able to follow the fall-out from the Presidential Election in the United States. To everyone except the outgoing President