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30 November 2022
A member of the congregation sidled up to me after our beautiful Advent Carol Service this Sunday afternoon (thank you to Mr Boswtead and the choir, by the way) and whispered, ‘I probably shouldn’t say this, but I do prefer Advent services to Christmas ones.’
23 November 2022
This is my second Advent and Christmas working in the hospital, I do have to admit that last year was a surreal experience. No time for the usual anticipation, not much watching and waiting.
09 November 2022
We who are left, how shall we look again
Happily on the sun, or feel the rain,
Without remembering how they who went
Ungrudgingly, and spent
Their all for us, loved, too, the sun and rain?
02 November 2022
On a miserably wet night this week – you probably experienced it yourself, though I hope you managed to stay indoors! – I went out to South Kirkby to preach. The church there is dedicated, as our cathedral is, to All Saints, the festival we celebrate at the beginning of November.
26 October 2022
Regular members of our worshipping community will have seen that we will be holding a Gift Day this coming Sunday, 30 October, which we are keeping as All Saints Sunday and our patronal festival.
26 October 2022
My work took me to London for a few days last week, and I was delighted to be able to see a couple of plays in my spare time. They were both written by an up-and-coming writer from a few hundred years ago, called William Shakespeare…
20 October 2022
You may notice ribbons that are coloured green, red and gold being worn with pride by some of our choristers. The choristers were presented with RSCM Voice for Life Singing Awards at Choral Evensong last Sunday.
13 October 2022
Time for Change: Action not Words. That’s the theme for this year’s Black History Month in the UK, which runs from 01 to 31 October. Since it was introduced into this country in 1987, Black History Month has provided an opportunity to focus on the particular experiences of black communities in the UK…
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