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Dear Friends, Now we are in Lent. I did indeed have pancakes (with lemon and sugar). Quite a few of them in fact at the wonderful family activity morning held jointly with Oasis church as we “Spread the Love”. Fun, laughter, creativity, pancake races. Good vibes. I...

Dear Friends, I’m back from my travels (India again), trying to come to terms with grey skies after the wonderful blue, and recognising how fortunate I am be able to do this. I’m also slightly surprised that Lent starts next week. First there’s Pancake Day. I love...

Dear Friends, I have returned this afternoon from the stillness and silence of a retreat at Lee Abbey at Lynton in North Devon. A house situated in the beauty of our countryside along with a coastline which looks across to Wales. If we wished to attend there were...

Dear Friends, Over the last few weeks both at home and at work, my thinking and doing has been dominated by endings.The passing of friends and acquaintances. Hubby’s looming redundancy, our youngest flying the nest. It’s been a thought-provoking time on many levels....

Dear Friends, A few weeks back our Turkish Muslim friends from the Dialogue Society brought in some ‘Noah’s Puddings’, a curious form of sweet pudding, to share after the service. This past week I heard a bit more about why they share this peculiar dish as I was...

Dear Friends,In the celebration of our service last Sunday we renewed our Baptism vowsand affirmed that we believe and trust in God the Holy Spirit who gives life to thepeople of God and makes Christ known in the world. The joy is that we are only asmall part of the...

Dear Friends, January can feel a difficult, uncomfortable and dark time of year for people. It can exacerbate what we’re already feeling or have lurking inside us. As I have gotten older, I have started to love this time of year, with Epiphany holding more meaning and...

Dear Friends, Occasionally you see things in a new way. Earlier in the year a couple of our congregation attended a guest speaker event for Café Théologique, the public theology series I have been hosting for over a decade in Reading. The guest was speaking about the...