Author: ed

This Sunday is the last one in the Church Calendar before the new liturgical year begins with Advent. Historically, it’s been known as ‘stir up Sunday’ because the collect for this week was said to remind people to bake their

What do you think of when you hear the word ‘saint’? My guess is that most people think of the saints as some sort of super Christian, whose spiritual life is above and beyond what we mere mortals are capable

This week we are welcoming the 1st Newbury Boys’ Brigade Company, to give thanks for the opportunity to partner with them, to pray for them and to dedicate the Company as they make St Mary’s their new home. The motto

On the night he was betrayed, Jesus and his disciples spoke about many things. John’s Gospel in particular tells us a lot about what Jesus taught them that night. But the thing which has really stuck in the Church’s memory

‘What do you want me to do for you?’ Can you imagine the possibilities if Jesus asked you that question? How would you answer? It’s a question Jesus actually poses twice in Mark 10 (verses 36 and 51), but he

What’s the opposite of faith? There’s lot’s of different answers you might give to that question. I’ve spent a bit of time recently working on an essay about faith and reason, which many people (mistakenly) take to be opposites. You

“I once was lost, but now I’m found; was blind, but now I see”. Almost anyone who has been to church in the English speaking world (and many who haven’t) will be familiar with those words from John Newton’s iconic

Several contemporary sources that tells us something about Jesus – both Christian or non-Christian – agree that he was widely known as a miracle worker. And yet, as John reminds us in his prologue, most of Jesus’ contemporaries did not

This week is the last in our series on Romans. We’ve used a lot of mountaineering imagery throughout the series and it certainly feels like we’ve gone up and down a mountain! As we find ourselves back at the foot

One of the most exciting truths about the Gospel is that it embraces people from every culture on earth. From the Roman Empire to the space age, and from Jerusalem and Judea to the ends of the Earth the Gospel