The gospel is good news for all and offers a far better story (or narrative for life) than the world.  That’s true for the weak and marginalised, for failures and sinners, and for the weakest amongst us, including the unborn. And that means we must talk about abortion. I know this is a sensitive issue, and when talking about it we must…

How do you judge the value of another human being?  By their looks, education or achievements?  Do you look at their family life, their character or their generosity? Do we measure how much they can contribute to society when we measure someone’s worth? Our world often judges people by all these things, and much more besides, and that’s bad news for the…

The Rector writes… At the Diocesan conference last weekend, we were reminded of the power and sufficiency of the gospel of Jesus.  Not only does it meet our deepest spiritual needs for forgiveness, peace with God and eternal life, it also satisfies our deepest personal and human needs. So over the next few weeks we’re going to look at some of the…

Making changes to a Grade 1 listed church is a complex task. Earlier this month we held a Project meeting with some of the 13 different professional advisers (the architect, engineers, surveyors and historians) that need to contribute to make a success of the project. We are on track for the contractor to start work at the beginning of May and to…