Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, A couple of weeks ago I was ensconced in Bath doing battle with the various Faculties both churches require. We were lucky enough to be invited to stay with some of Edmund’s friends who were joining him on a rowing week.  They’re a wonderful Christian family and one evening over dinner one of the boys passed a rather judgemental comment about one of the other lads on the rowing course. Quick as a flash his Dad said, ‘we…

Dearest friends, We have a few big pilgrimage events this summer. Sadly they’ve come very close together and are normally more spread out.  The first is the Glastonbury Pilgrimage on the 6th September. We’ll be heading there as a parish and aim to arrive in Glastonbury for 11am. We need to register / pay £11 per person which covers the Abbey admission fee. You can do this online or in person at either of the churches this / the coming…

Dearest friends, We can often think that the Saints are so far removed from our lives. They are heroes from a remote time, from a different place, from a different reality.  Yes, they have lots to teach us, but their heroic sacrifices and displays of faith are simply too lost in the mist of time to be relevant to us today. In thinking this we miss the modern Saints. Those who have come before us whose shining example of faith…