Dear Friends, In November the church moves into a season of remembrance: All Saint’s Day is swiftly followed by Remembrance Sunday. During a recent online meeting I was stirred into an early taste of remembrance when I found myself in the company of a couple of people...

Dear Friends, As a new academic year begins, under extraordinary conditions, I imagine teachers, not unlike church ministers, feel as though they are having to negotiatetheir way through regulations and guidelines with the skill of a tightrope walker. Never having a...

Dear Friends, Like all of us, I have read much over recent weeks about the current crisis: the causes of it, the handling of it, particularly by governments around the world, and where God is in the midst of tears, isolation and fear.  One of the most useful...

Dear Friends, They used to say in times gone by (BC – Before Coronavirus) that a week was a long time in politics.  As I look back to what I wrote for Reflections a month ago, it seems like a completely different world.  I didn’t even refer to Covid-19.  How naïve and...

Dear Friends, 'All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.' In a single sentence our greatest playwright summed up the essential character and vocation of human beings. We are destined to perform on the public stage and play many parts. Whether...