Rector's Blog

Reflections of Lent   Dear Friends I wonder what the month of February means for you? Perhaps like me you like pancake day (or Shrove Tuesday) which this year falls on February 21st, the start of Lent, the weeks leading up to Easter. Pancakes with lemon and sugar...

God - our helper   Dear All, It is good at the end of the year to remember to give thanks. It is also important to look forward and to place our future in God's hands.  This January we can do both. I look back and give thanks for what I've seen of God working...

You are welcome   Dear All, It's that season again. I wonder what you make of these days leading up to Christmas? For the children, no doubt, excitement; for the adults often a degree of fearful anticipation. Just so many things to do, so little time to do it in,...

  Dear All, I write two days after the death of our renowned and beloved Queen Elizabeth II and the day after the Accession of King Charles III. The 8th September 2022 will be forever marked a landmark date in the history of our nation and the Commonwealth....

The Waiting Room     Dear All, Usually I reserve a theme of ‘waiting’ to the Advent season, just before Christmas.  Somehow, though, this seems an apt moment to renew this theme, at the mid-point in the year. We have waited a long time, it seems, to...

Dear All, Occasionally when on an ordinary walk, I come across the extraordinary.  Do you find this as well?  An ordinary dog walk one autumn morning on the edge of Kings Weston ancient fort, and I stopped dead in my tracks.  A piece of art figured itself on my...

Light in the Darkness   Dear All, As I write, Mr. Putin’s forces are on their 13th day of invasion in Ukraine.  The signs are that a very courageous resistance has been made so far.  Ever since waking up to hear the news on 24th February, I have sensed the world...

Dear All, February may be thought of as a time of hibernation, or a time of early Spring growth.  I suppose it may depend on your mood, whether you are having to isolate for health reasons, or if there’s snow and ice about. As part of the Frenchay community, serving...

Dear All, A very happy New Year to you all! I write this letter on St Stephen’s Day, 26th Dec.  ‘Good King Wenceslas’ was one of the carols we sang in the morning.  It begins, ‘Good King Wenceslas looked out on the Feast of Stephen.’ It goes on to describe how the...