...in the church, he might well have remained in Wiltshire, but he appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 1234. He was not the Chapter of Canterbury’s first choice, nor their second, nor...
...book of the New Testament, the Acts of the Apostles. Immediately after Jesus’ Ascension, we read in Acts chapter 1 that Peter summoned the followers of Jesus (who then numbered...
...honour except in his own country and in his own house” he declares. One year Peppermint Patty sits with him in the pumpkin patch. “Tomorrow” she says, “I get...
...location each week for a special act of worship. We have sung songs in the Chapter House, prayed with lolly-sticks by the Bug Cathedral, and listened to storytelling at Sarum...
...small groups rather than large choirs, in Catholic households or domestic chapels. Interestingly, some of these clandestine household choirs seem to have been of mixed gender, reflecting the important role...
...we can all call to mind a favourite parable that Jesus told – much less the latter chapters of John’s Gospel, from which our second lesson this evening was taken....
...to affluent households would go home not only to see their Mothers on this Sunday, but also attend their parish church, or Mother church. This has over the years morphed...
...did in the first century. Mark chapter 13 feels more Advent than Eastertide More famine than feast Yet, today we celebrate the Feast of St Mark the Evangelist. Of all...
...women and motherhood, with such verses as those in Genesis chapter 2 that describe the creation of Eve, the first woman, out of Adam’s rib being interpreted to mean that...