Praising God in Devon

Dearest friends, In the days between Ascension and Pentecost, the Church lingers over Jesus’ prayer in St John’s Gospel: that his disciples “may all be one” as he and the Father are one. This unity is not simply an inward feeling or a private spirituality. It is meant to become visible in the life of the Church,  in shared prayer, shared love, and shared witness to the world. That matters especially for us here in Bovey Tracey and Milber. St…

Dearest friends, We wait prayerfully between Ascension and Pentecost, we stand with the disciples in that remarkable moment between promise and fulfilment. Jesus has ascended to the Father, yet before He went, He left His Church with a command that still echoes through every generation: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28.19). These are not words for clergy alone, nor for missionaries in distant lands. They are Christ’s calling to every baptised Christian. The Church exists not…

Dearest friends, Forty days after Easter, the Church celebrates the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. It can sometimes feel like a quieter feast, overshadowed by the joy of Easter or the fire of Pentecost, yet the Ascension is one of the great turning points in the Christian year. Without it, the story of salvation would feel unfinished. The Ascension is not simply Jesus “going away.” It is the moment when the risen Christ returns to the Father in glory,…