I have a lovely small card in my study of a chalice and a candle. It is a battered and faded card, valueless to anyone else. It was given to me by someone on my ordination, over 11 years now. …

..Taking a chunk of bread at communion. It was good bread and thinking ‘I am still hungry’. Then, being a professional god botherer thinking ‘This works on many levels’.

I used to think that ‘intimacy with God’ was just an …

There is a song by The Divine Comedy called ‘Eye of the Needle’ (next time I do a ‘songs of redemption’ series, that may feature). It is a really searching and yearning song from someone who once had …

Today is a ‘bits and pieces day’: the day before a long holiday (and don’t worry kiddies- eager followers have the pure joy, by the miracle of wordpress of a post everyday on this blog. Let merriment be unconfined…

Sunday morning. Communion. I follow my usual practice- forget to ask someone to help until the hymn before. I ask someone who is (I believe the jargon goes) ‘in good standing’. He mouths to me ‘I can’t’ and …