The minister writes… from our April 2025 newsletter
Dear friends, Imagine, if you will, that you are one of the first witnesses to the Resurrection. Maybe you are one of the women, making your cheerless way to the…
Dear friends, If February featured snowdrops (the flower associated with Candlemas) then March’s flower must surely be daffodils, the emblem (along with the leek) of St David’s Day on 1st…
Dear friends, As I write this, there is a house in our road which is still festooned with Christmas lights and decorations. It looks bright and cheerful on a grey…
Dear friends, I have just been looking at resources for the Advent season and have been made aware (not for the first time) of how, in the necessity of planning…
The word ‘Sabbath’ lies at the root of the word ‘sabbatical’ and in the 19th century it was used by universities to denote a period of study leave for their…
Dear friends, I don’t know if it’s quite the done thing for a minister to admit that there are some passages in the Bible that they really don’t like very…