Dear All I am often thinking about the speed with which time seems to pass, but here we are more that half way through Lent. I was drawn into this weeks image where time seems to have stopped, and voices seem to be heard in whispers. Our lives seem to be led in exactly the … [Read more…]

Dear All, I am a visual person, I tend to think and remember far more accurately through images. This week’s painting is one that challenges and draws the eye into the raw emotions. Please do look at this on line and see for yourselves the detail. Quentin Matsys, the Flemish master of the 16th century, … [Read more…]

Dear All In the vestry, at the moment, is the figure of Jesus in a glass of water. He is happily growing, his glass is now a little small. I am using this toy as an example for school to show that Lent is a time for us to draw close to God. This week’s … [Read more…]

Dear All Lent has begun. Ashes imposed. The Loyola Press website has a wonderful sequence of Visual Prayer through Lent, below is the image and commentary for the first week of Lent. Enjoy the Journey. The scene of The Temptation of Christ is a 12th–century detail of the magnificent mosaic of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice. In … [Read more…]

Dear All, On Sunday 4 February the parish of S. Michael and all Angels welcomed Miss Penny Tattershaw as the new Principal of S. Michael’s Church School. Bishop Victoria, who preached and presided, spoke of the long tradition of the Church in education, of the special character of Anglican schools and of hope, the essence … [Read more…]

Dear all, You will all know of the appointment of Penny Tattershaw as the new Principal of St. Michael’s Church School. Today is Penny’s Induction, as well as a welcome to her as a leader in our community and also as a member of S. Michael’s. I have had the good fortune to have worked … [Read more…]

Dear All, The fourth chapter of Jane Williams’ book Approaching Christmas is about Gifts. “What are we to make of this strange gift that God gives us? Is it at all what we wanted? If we imagined that God was going to give us a present, is this truthfully what we might have expected? Perhaps … [Read more…]

Dear All, The third chapter of Jane Williams’ book Approaching Christmas is about Decorations. “Perhaps without knowing it, Christmas decorations are helping the world to rejoice in its creation. God’s act in making the world, described in the Bible story of the creation in the book of Genesis, does sound quite like festive decoration. First … [Read more…]

Dear All Advent is a truly wonderful time of year. I have a beautiful little book on my shelves written by Jane Williams, the wife of Rowan Williams, who is a theologian in her own right, titled ‘Approaching Christmas’. The illustrations are rich with fine art. Its chapters focus on things that we associate with … [Read more…]