By Peter, Tonight’s Bible reading is a short one, but I believe it carries a particularly powerful message about faith, healing and our spiritual wellbeing. Over the past few weeks, we have been looking at examples of faith in the Bible, and there are many of them. In our church, we regularly ask for the…

A Spiritual Address by Martin J Smith. I was recently reminded of a story about a young girl who used to spend her school holidays with her grandparents. They lived on a smallholding near the sea, at the top of some cliffs, where they kept a few sheep, goats, chickens and other animals, as well…

Bible reading: Mark 5:25-34 It was wonderful to see such a full church for our Divine Service this Sunday, and I also welcomed everyone joining us online. My reading this week continued our exploration of our spiritual selves, but focused particularly on something that has a very important place within our church: the power of…

By Lizzie Wildwood. Sometimes things happen at exactly the right moment. Just before Peter gave the reading during our service, I wandered away from my chair while listening through my headphones and managed to stub my toe rather painfully on a book on the floor. I hobbled back to my chair rubbing my toe, only…