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Re-reading yesterday’s post today I realise how quickly I slipped out of ‘thankful’ mode into ‘appraisal’ mode.  Thursday’s post was a ‘thank you’ letter, that came from a place of gratitude and shone a light on the people who had given their time and effort to serve me.  Friday’s post…

Durham saw me falling in love with the Anglicans.  At university I volunteered to help out in a church in an ex-mining village a few miles away from the monumental beauty of Durham Cathedral, where I matriculated amongst the hoards of other students and the decorated Romanesque pillars. Armed with…

Lest I should seem ungrateful for all that the Church in its various shapes, sizes, flavours and locations has given me, here’s a ‘thank you’ letter to all the churches that created spaces where over the years I have met with God….  It might run to two (or three or…

I don’t mean ‘Carry On Church’ as in the slapstick films of the 1960s and 70s, although that’s a thought to conjure with… I mean ‘carry-on church’ as in ‘carry-on luggage’ – the only luggage you’re encouraged to take now if you fly with a budget airline.  My mum arrived…

I heard that a friend has taken up sleeping for Lent.  She read that sleep is a form of worship because when we sleep we acknowledge God is in control and can manage without us.  It’s an expression of our trust in God. I’ve been thinking recently about the time…