Step softly, under snow or rain, to find the place where men can pray; the way is all so very plain that we may lose the way… So begins G...

One of the things Vicar’s are renowned for is trying to ‘hold back’ Christmas! I say this having heard someone comment on local radio a...

Earlier this year I was fortunate to visit a number of the beautiful towns and cities along the Rhine. One of the photographs I took in...

For the ploughing, sowing, reaping, silent growth while we are sleeping, future needs in earth's safe-keeping, thanks be to God. These...

Some of you, I am sure, will recall with fondness (and perhaps a little exasperation!) the character of Jim Trott in the ‘Vicar of...

During a recent Quiz Night, our St Oswald’s Churchwardens asked, ‘How many War Graves are in our Churchyard?’ There is, in fact, just the...

Come, and Bring Your Picnic! That’s what we asked. And come you did – in your droves, or so it seemed! I am still smiling from the sight...

I have no doubt that the nation’s preparations for the King’s Coronation have been unimaginably complex and have focussed the minds and...

A few days ago, I was asked by a friend to make a short video of myself saying something about my ‘job’ as a woman Vicar! It was to...

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He...

Are you, by any chance, a Galanthophile? You may be, without even knowing it – but it’s no bad thing! For those of you who know your...

Happy New Year! The extended seasonal period which brings us to New Year also tends to bring with it numerous pressures, and not a few...

It happened this week – and remember I am writing this in early November. That word Advent was suddenly popping up on pew sheets, in the...