Easter Eggs

I am not the first person to take a photo like this, but as I was grocery shopping this evening in our local supermarket I came across Easter Eggs on sale right next to the leftover Christmas stock. As I pondered on the apparent madness of going straight from Christmas to Easter I was reminded [...]

Christmas Day

Christmas Day finally arrived and Christian and Caitlin were pleased to find that Santa had visited – despite the credit crunch! Our day began with the children opening some of their presents before I headed out to lead our Christmas morning service. Lynley had a very anxious day as we received news on Christmas Eve [...]

Christmas (2)

Lynley and I had a busy day today. I finished up some work on church finance this morning, whilst Lynley and some willing volunteers finished sorting, wrapping and bagging our community food and toy parcels. (The picture shows Lynley working alone but we had a number of helpers – this was just taken on a [...]

Christmas (1)

As in many other churches, December is our busiest month. Our band and songsters (choir) are working very hard playing and singing carols on three consecutive Saturdays in the city of Manchester. This year we are supplementing our efforts by carolling at our local Tesco store during the week. As well as the traditional carol [...]

Morning Prayers and Epistemology

Caitlin has been full of cold and conjunctivitis all week, and apart from conducting a funeral on Monday afternoon and a few errands yesterday I’ve been home with her. There are times when it is good to have the normal routines and rhythms of life stirred up a little. Whilst I would much prefer Caitlin [...]