You've probably been on a train entering one of our larger cities. There are usually patches where there seems to be graffiti everywhere like travelling through a hyperactive art gallery; colours, text, images all fighting for space and attention. And then there is Banksy... ...whose works of ar...

Again by the miracle of delayed posting I bring you a thought for another day in Lent. As this goes up onto the web I am in School leading an early morning Lent session on the theme of Temptation, a very Lenten idea indeed. How often have you, like me, had a real high point - a moment of real triump...

You may have noticed (if you are following this) that each post is put up at exactly 8am each day. No, I am not writing these "live" but days in advance and using Typepad's Publish On... facility. As you read this I will probably be on a train up to London to catch the exhibition of By...

"Don't slam the door!", we would all shout.  Slam!  Too late, another brittle gas mantle broken and another caravan holiday to remember. When we were little not only did we holiday (other than rare stays at relatives) every time in a caravan, but we even went to the same pl...

Mark 1:12-15 At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him. The Calling of the First Disciples After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God...

"The body of Christ" I said, as I placed the quarter wafer in her upturned hands, just as I had done countless times before. But I paused for the briefest moment allowing my hand to remain in contact with hers. Words didn't need to be said because there weren't any. We all live in ...

We were discussing various types of music we use in Church on a training day and the speaker played the Matt Redman song "Blessed be your name". "The problem is", somebody commented, "that style is about performance". I think that the person had not meant this to sound ...

Ash Wednesday comes round again, with the significant shift in mood, and we do the rounds today of the villages with quiet Communion and ashes signed on foreheads in the sign of the cross. Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return. Morning Prayer readings today included a line from 1 ...

What will you be reading this Lent? Here's a taste of some of the books I will be reading: The Seven Last Words by Fulton J. Sheen My Catholic Women's Bible (New American) by Fireside Press The Magnifcat Lenten Companion Numerous books on the saints -- too many to mention here. Here are some recomme...

What is Lent? "Lent is a retreat that the Church gives us in order to re-focus on what should be first in our lives. The purpose of Jesus' life was to glorify the Father and save the world. ..Lent is not first a time of giving up but a time to re-choose to be the victim of Christ, the Lamb. It is a ...