Dear Friends Happy New Year! I suspect 2020 is a year many of us will be glad to see the end of, although the beginning of 2021 might be more […]
New Year: 3rd January 2021
Do not be afraid: for 20 Dec 2020
Dear Friends, This letter is going to run two weeks together as I’m unlikely to be able to get the posted letters out next week before Christmas Day. We are […]
The beginning of the good news …
I need to start with some sad news today and inform you that Marjorie Wilkinson died on Tuesday 1 December. Funeral details will follow when we know them. Marjorie had […]
Twenty Twenty
Advent 1: Letter
We are about to move into Advent and this year we will be creating new ways of working that will combine online activities with the opportunity to meet in church. […]
15 November 2020: The Kingdom of God is like this …
As you know, we all are back in lockdown. Not quite as severe as last March, but still very aware that life remains in a strange place for all of […]
At the Meeting Place – for 18 October 2020
Dear Friends This has been the week of Elders meetings. Somehow we have fallen into the pattern of holding both Elders’ Meetings on consecutive days. Sometimes it is useful […]
Horses & Chariots: 13 September 2020
This has been a difficult week. The last time that we gathered for Sunday worship at St. Columba’s I preached on John 4:34 Jesus said to them, ‘My food is […]
Joseph’s Empire: for 16 August 2020
We have been making plans for the autumn. They are all a bit vague filled with “maybe,” “perhaps”, and “if”. But we are also beginning to imagine a situation where […]
Empire: 9 August 2020
This weekend Chris and I were due to head to Hampshire for a festival that we have enjoyed for many years. It would have begun on Thursday, I would have […]