Rector’s Reflections

At harvest time we give thanks to God for our food.  We are grateful that we usually have lots of good food readily available, even if our food choices are not always good.  But there was an interesting moment, near

At St Mary’s Lapworth we have a longstanding relationship with the Church Mission Society (CMS).  At Christmas we give them a donation (around £200), and we receive their publications.  It has been a quiet relationship for a long time, but

In mid-June global leaders from the G7 (Group of Seven) countries met in Cornwall.  Mysteriously there were at least nine of them!  I have just re-read the summary communiqué, and there are many things I find encouraging. I am encouraged

I would like to recommend the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma”, which helped me to understand social media and the impact it has on our world. It was the explanation of the business model of a typical social media company

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021 On Wednesday 14th April we had a full church (about 40 people with social distancing!) for our own service locally to pray for Prince Philip

This year, April starts with the three days of remembering “the hour” of Jesus’s death and resurrection.  Jesus marks his Last Supper with his disciples on the evening of Maundy Thursday (1st April).  John records, “Jesus, knowing that his hour

By the time you read this, two things should have happened on 21st February. The first is that the CofE Housing, Church and Community Commission should have published its final report.  This commission was launched by Archbishop Justin Welby in

When I started work on this month’s parish magazine, I was horrified to realise that Lent starts on 17th February.  But I feel I have been in Lent since March last year!  And we never got to celebrate Easter properly,

A distinctive feature of our times is the voice of the marginalised, which is heard in a way that was never possible before.  This morning, on the BBC website (in addition to COVID stories!) there were stories about loneliness, anti-Semitism,

One amazing thing about COVID-19 is its ability to shut things down.  For a couple of months all the churches were completely shut, alongside schools, businesses and many other things.  More recently many of these things have re-opened, but many