 | | Consider the Stars | | I write to you this morning on the third Monday of January. It is the day that has been given the title Blue Monday. The concept of Blue Monday surfaced in 2005 during a press release from British travel company Sky Travel as part of a publicity stunt
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 | | A Good Question | | I’m sure we can all think of presents we’ve received which have left us a little bewildered, maybe even disappointed. My mum recalls her grandmother receiving yet another unwanted present from her sister and commenting
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 | | Opening THE Book with Rev John K-S January 2023 | | Is it possible to make a new start? Can the mistakes of the past be undone, the wounds healed, one’s wrongs be forgiven? For many people the beginning of a new year evokes such questions. Some make a New Year’s Resolution, an intention or promise
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 | | Poem to Ponder | | When your troubles are great
And you fear so much
When you’ve gone to a land far away;
When all those that you love
Are far out of touch
And you’re scared of the night and the day
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 | | Did You Know? | | On 6th January we celebrate Epiphany - the visit of the Wise Men to the baby Jesus. But who were these Wise Men? No one knows for sure. Matthew calls them ‘Magi’, and that was the name of an ancient caste of a priestly kind from Persia
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 | | In the Interregnum January 2023 | | Well here we are in, or about to enter into, 2023: so first let me wish you all a blessed and happy New Year! Christmas has been celebrated, the presents unwrapped, greetings exchanged - and for anyone lucky enough to get hold of a turkey you will, by now
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| Thoughts of a Team Vicar January 2023 | | I hope you all had a peaceful Christmas and may I take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. As we pack away the lights and decorations for another year, I pray that we don’t pack away the hope that the greatest gift we could ever receive
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| Happy Christmas | | Andrew Frere-Smith says that, perhaps it’s time to make some changes to the way we celebrate Christmas
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| Opening THE Book with Rev John K-S December 2022 | | Why and how should I read the Old Testament? We began to consider the first part of this question last month learning that we cannot truly understand who Jesus is, his teaching and the meaning of his life, death and resurrection, without the Old Testament
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