10 January 2021

What a difference a day makes, as the song says. At the end of our usual Sunday services last week, I had no idea that...

3 January 2021

Happy New Year! Yes, what a year it has been. Who would have thought that last year we were clinking glasses and...

24 December 2020

“And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over and a new one just begun.” Well, in a week’s time or so. J

20 December 2020

At this time of year, our letterboxes are overflowing with Christmas cards and gifts. Everyday it seems the doorbell rings with a...

13 December 2020

This was the week that 90-year-old Margaret Keenan made headline news, as the first person to be inoculated against...

06 December 2020

Today is the second Sunday of Advent. And once again our readings this week remind us that we are waiting, not... 

29 November 2020

Today is Advent Sunday which will be the first time that you open a window in your Advent Calendar, if you have one.

22 November 2020

Another week in Lockdown 2.0 and we are faced with a daily kaleidoscope of information which...

15 November 2020

Have you ever thought about what God has given you? Is it something that occupies your time?

8 November 2020

Every year on Remembrance Sunday, we take time to remember those who have given their lives....

1 November 2020

For the past six months we’ve been organising an Art Club in the parish. It’s been a fun opportunity to look...

25 October 2020

Spring forward, fall back, as the saying goes. Today we’ve had an extra hour in bed, which is probably the best thing...

18 October 2020

I live in a vicarage which is opposite the ancient church and its clock tower. The clock needs to be wound every day...

11 October 2020

On Sunday I was at Bradford Cathedral to support some local people who were being ordained...

4 October 2020

This week I experienced car trouble. I knew from the moment the car wouldn’t start, that my best made plans...

27 September 2020

I’ve discovered a new television fix this week. ‘Selling Sunset’ is the Netflix sensation that everyone is...

20 September 2020

Despite the late summer sun of this week, there are signs all around us that autumn has already....

13 September 2020

When I was a teenager my Dad decided to buy a second-hand pinball machine. It was exciting...

6 September 2020

One of my passions has always been food. I grew up in a family where everyone lived to eat...

30 August 2020

Hands up if you were one of the many people who used lockdown as a time to do some baking...

23 August 2020

Another week, another round of news stories which sum up our crazy post-Covid new existence...