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  • Palm Sunday 2026

    Palm Sunday 2026

    There is something deeply human about the urge to lift a hero onto our shoulders. We saw it in 1966 when Bobby Moore was carried aloft at Wembley, trophy held high. We saw it again in 1980, when Billy Beaumont was borne from the pitch at Murrayfield after leading England* to their first Grand Slam… Read more


  • Miriam

    Miriam

    This week there have been press reports suggesting that the long anonymous graffiti artist Banksy may finally have been identified. I have always been drawn to his work, and perhaps just as much to the mystery surrounding it. One of his murals, on the side of the former prison in Reading, is something I have… Read more


  • Mothering Sunday

    Mothering Sunday

    Mothering Sunday sits comfortably, and sometimes poignantly, in the middle of our Lenten journey. While much of the world marks “Mother’s Day” as a commercial event, the Anglican tradition invites us to pause and reflect more deeply. This Sunday is also known as Laetare Sunday (pronounced lay-tah-re), from the Latin meaning “Rejoice!” Lent is usually… Read more


  • God of Peace

    God of Peace

    As I was pondering the Scripture passage that we will be hearing this Sunday at St Mary’s (Philippians 4:2-9), I was struck by a couple of details that had never really stood out to me before. The passage includes a puzzling couple of verses that I suspect most of us usually skip over, eager to… Read more