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From the Rector: Tuesday 24th March 2025

Honour your parents Dear friends, The days lengthen. Sunrise creeps before 6am. Lent progresses with the invigorated steps of the pilgrim who knows the destination is drawing nearer. (The word derives from the Anglo Saxon root “lencten”, meaning “get longer”.) The fourth Sunday of Lent this weekend brings not only the start of British Summer Time but also Mothering Sunday.  The fifth…

From the Rector: Tuesday 18th March 2025

The Bitterest Pill Dear friends, ….is, in matter of fact, about 100-150ml of a clear liquid. Were you to ask the contents, or for an ingredients list, you’d get a vague reply. “Oh, a bit of this, and a bit of that.” Were you to ask whether it would work, and how long it would take, you’d get an emphatic “oh yes,”…

From the Rector: Tuesday 11th February 2025

From the heart Dear friends, It is still dark and gloomy. Winter drags its feet with a week of grey and icy wind from the east. The national mood is perfectly summarised by the Southport families, speaking over the weekend for the first time about the horrific murder of their young girls last July. They are “looking for the light.” Their story…