More than 4000 religions and spiritual traditions are currently identified by scholars of religious studies …

We’re in the middle of a situation is the stuff of apocalyptic literature; a novel virus that is invisible and highly contagious and threatens the global human population; and a lockdown which is stress testing the fabric of local and global society and could potentially threaten political and economic collapse to different degrees.

As anyone who knows me knows, I love to have a good read. It is fair to say that I devour books and have done since I was a young child, reading whatever books I could get hold of …

Monday 23 March

I began the week trying to get my head around the strange new world of social distancing that we’ve entered with the COVID-19 emergency and absorbing the news of the almost total lockdown which came on Monday evening …

I’m acutely aware that this first Sunday when we are not able to come together to worship, because of the social distancing that is required by the COVID-19 emergency, is Mothering Sunday …

Monday 24 September
And so to an evening meeting of St James’ PCC (Parochial Church Council). We met to pray, think and talk about the ministry and mission of St James’, as Vicar and PCC members are charged to do …

This morning the resident robins were fighting over the Vicarage garden’s feather cleaning services …

I’ve just watched a robin splash about energetically in the birdbath…

A relatively new Vicar (well, just over six months in), a new website for Saint James’, and the beginnings of a blog!