God’s Promises I was struck by how many readings we had from St Paul’s Letter to the Hebrews in August. The beginning of Hebrews is read on Christmas Day; “Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us […]
Arvo Pärt “The walls that divide us do not reach into heaven”. The words of the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, whose ninetieth birthday was celebrated last week. These are wise words indeed from someone who hardly ever said anything apart from what he expressed in his music. Unity and making bridges are the central […]
For Whom the Bell Tolls No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s […]
Holidays The long summer with its associated summer school holiday for children is drawing to an end this week. Many parents and perhaps even grandparents will be glad to think that normality of our work routines will set in again, and children will be reined back in to doing some useful learning. No doubt […]
John Bunyan In the Church of England we are lucky in that we honour Christian saints not only from the catholic and orthodox traditions, but also non-conformist ones. On Saturday (30 August) we remember John Bunyan, most famously loved for his Hymn ‘Who would true valour see… to be a pilgrim’, number 621 in […]
We take the safeguarding and care of children and vulnerable adults very seriously at St Stephen’s.
