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Rector’s Reflections

July and August 2020 – Building Racial Harmony

July and August 2020 – Building Racial Harmony

I recently watched a TV programme about worldwide, interfaith relationships, which I came across through my involvement with the Focolare Movement. The relationships are based on the Golden Rule, “Do to others, what you would want them to do to

St Mary's Lapworth July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 Rector's Reflections Read more

June 2020 – The Impact of Lockdown on Parish Churches

June 2020 – The Impact of Lockdown on Parish Churches

The lockdown has had lots of negative impacts on the Parish Churches.  Public worship has been closed down, the church buildings are locked and all our baptisms and weddings are postponed.  Funerals can only happen in the churchyard or at

St Mary's Lapworth June 5, 2020 Rector's Reflections Read more

May 2020 – Losing and Receiving

May 2020 – Losing and Receiving

As we grow in maturity we often have the experience of having to put things down, or let things go, in order to take up better things, things that are more important.  We might have to give up expensive holidays

St Mary's Lapworth May 4, 2020 Rector's Reflections Read more

April 2020 – Making sense of Coronavirus

April 2020 – Making sense of Coronavirus

I’m writing in Lent, and it seems to me that the Coronavirus highlights certain themes that are important in Lent.   It reminds us that we are vulnerable to evil, and that evil can be around us and within us, even

St Mary's Lapworth March 30, 2020May 4, 2020 Rector's Reflections Read more

March 2020 – Lent and Environmental Repentance

March 2020 – Lent and Environmental Repentance

This year the month of March covers the first five Sundays of Lent.  Lent is a period of fasting and abstinence in preparation for Easter, which falls on 12th April this year.  Traditionally we adopt some discipline for Lent to

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February 2020 – Everything Changes

February 2020 – Everything Changes

My daughter now lives near Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds, which is not far from where I grew up. Over Christmas the family met up at her house, and she suggested that we visit her local beer shop. I liked the

St Mary's Lapworth January 21, 2020January 27, 2020 Rector's Reflections Read more

December 2019 / January 2020 – Deserving Good Politicians

December 2019 / January 2020 – Deserving Good Politicians

On a recent visit to the Navigation I was pleased to bump into the Rt Hon Dame Caroline Spelman, the MP for Meriden since 1997, but stepping down at this election.  Caroline is well known locally, but what is less

St Mary's Lapworth December 10, 2019March 1, 2020 Rector's Reflections Read more

November 2019 – Worship in Russia

November 2019 – Worship in Russia

I have recently returned from a week’s holiday in Russia.  My trip began with Sunday morning worship at St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Moscow.  There was an 11am Family Service for Harvest Thanksgiving, which was exactly the service I was

St Mary's Lapworth November 27, 2019January 27, 2020 Rector's Reflections Read more
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