Meditation for 21 June 2022
Saint Ninian and the Caim prayer Ninian lived in turbulent times as did so many early Celtic saints. He probably lived between 360-432AD when the Roman Empire was in decline. Little is known about...
Saint Ninian and the Caim prayer Ninian lived in turbulent times as did so many early Celtic saints. He probably lived between 360-432AD when the Roman Empire was in decline. Little is known about...
Thy Kingdom Come As a congregation at St, James’ we have had booklets made available to us in a programme, designed by The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby. They have provided a welcome and...
Memories, Ebb and Flow At the beginning of May, our good friends, Barbara and Ian, took us away for the weekend – a COVID delayed 70th birthday present! We stayed in Fleetwood, on the...
Saint Columba Columba is famous as being the Irish monk who evangelised Scotland, a very early Christian missionary. His Feast Day is on the 9th June. He was born in Donegal in 521AD, of noble...
Help Us To Love Jeremiah, ‘The Weeping Prophet’ has been the subject of our attention. (I belong to a small group) Having examined the book of Jeremiah, I was amazed by his, passion, commitment,...
The Tree of Life I am a lover of trees and this Spring I have been especially aware of their fresh beauty, the myriad greens shown in their new foliage, their striking and contrasting...
Recently in my bible study group we have been studying Hosea. He prophesied between 750 and 722 BC, at a time when Israel had rebelled against God and were worshipping false gods. God told...
Saint Germanus of Auxerre (378-448AD) and the Alleluia Victory In a book I’m currently reading about Celtic Britain there is mention of Saint Germanus of Auxerre and his influence on the Celtic church in...
Meditation Prayer I have been thinking recently of the different ways we can pray. Life can get so busy that we may only be able to snatch a moment to ask Jesus to be...
Journey – Lent 2022 In our early married life, David was employed by HSBC. We moved fairly frequently. We couldn’t chose where we went… we could have refused. In fact, Jenny and I met...