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The old ones are brilliant
This prayer speaks for itself…. Give me insight to see through the exterior of things to the interior truth. Give me your Spirit of discernment. O Lord, you know how busy I must be this day, if I forget you, do not forget me. It is by Jacob Astley, who lived 1579-1652. What I love, […]

Thoughts and Prayers
  Sunday May 24th 2020 Psalm 104: “Leviathan”   “There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there (Psalm 104: 26)   If you have time, read all of Psalm 104. Psalm 104 is a great proclamation psalm about the sovereignty of God, “stretching the heavens out like a […]

Creativity in dangerous and difficult times
These difficult times have made us think again about how we do things as church. In many ways it has brought out fresh streams of creativity. They always say that necessity is the mother of invention. How true that has proved to be. My parish is in the north of London. Most of my parishioners […]