Message

• Covenant renewal

  I sat down this morning to think about the series of Covenant Services I will be leading over the next month. This peculiarly Methodist tradition of annually consciously renewing our

  January 10, 2025

• Advent message

  You will probably be reading these words as Advent begins on December 1, and it will soon be time for the Christmas tree to make its way from the garage

  December 2, 2024

• A sense of peace and purpose

  As I sit to write to you, I’m aware that the days (and particularly the mornings) are getting colder, and we are past the night the clocks change. Autumn is

  November 3, 2024

• A New Year

  I sat yesterday evening, after evening service, sharing a picnic with my wife by the Trent in Fiskerton. It was the coolest part of a very warm day, and the

  September 24, 2024

• We can make a difference

  The General Election has passed and we know who our governors are going to be for the next period of time (though the last few years have demonstrated how non-specific

  September 24, 2024

• A little goes a long way

  The General Election has passed and we know who our governors are going to be for the next period of time (though the last few years have demonstrated how non-specific

  July 30, 2024

• Consider, look and listen

  “How curious!” Does that thought ever pop into your mind or slip out of your mouth? Or have you been warned off being curious because “Curiosity killed the cat!”? I

  June 14, 2024

• Caught between fear and hope

  It seems hardly possible that it is four years since that strange, out-of-routine, away-from-family-and-friends, technology-reliant event called Lockdown began and we found ourselves living with the uncertainty of how long

  April 26, 2024

• A message of hope from Romania

  Early on the morning of the 25th of November, a tired local preacher and a very scared cat arrived in Newark after a thirty-hour journey by van from Romania. This

  January 6, 2024

• Welcome to 2024

  I hope you had a happy and blessed Christmas, whatever you ended up doing with the time, and that the New Year has begun with good things for you. A

  January 6, 2024