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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…
06 October 2022
I’ve been at the cathedral for nearly six weeks, and of course much of that time has been taken up by our response to The Queen’s death and funeral. Talk about in at the deep end! But it has meant I’ve spent quite a bit of time on the ‘shop floor.’
21 September 2022
In literature one my favourite characters is Frank Bascombe. One of Franks insights about Christianity, is that it isn’t very helpful when it comes to grief, All the talk of new life can suppress the experience of loss; a kind of ‘don’t worry it ends up alright in end’.
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