To the members of The Community of All Saints Springtime is lush with rebirth, new beginnings, and new growth. Our Lenten journey ends on Good Friday; we move from death to life. We are gifted with the hope that resurrection brings. Jesus was given back on Easter day, to give us courage to follow him; [...]
Some people talk about the ’hound of heaven’ when referring to the Lord’s tenacity: to me it has always felt more like a knuckle in my shoulder blade. Early years My junior school was Anglican. Later I went to a Methodist Chapel, teaching in Sunday School, joining the youth club and Christian Endeavour - pretty [...]
Part of the answer to this – which is a HUGE question – is because I met Brian (now my husband). As in so many of the gospel accounts, it was seeing something in another person that opened the way to discover Jesus for myself. I was born just before the end of the war, [...]
I have been a member of All Saints, Normanton for many years and I felt that I am strong in my faith and obedient to God, reading my bible and praying each day. Our Curate, Phil, approached me and my husband Fred, of 45 years, one Sunday morning in church and asked us if we [...]
In 2014, I lost my wife after a very long and distressing illness, in organising her funeral I was introduced to our local parish church and the priest who had only recently been appointed. I had never considered myself to be a church goer but after the funeral I felt that I wanted to go [...]
In John Ch.15 Jesus said “As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.” The love God has for us is beyond putting into words. It seems to be quite the in thing (especially amongst some of my former comrades in arms) to dismiss our Christian faith as a myth; that we are [...]
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go’ A year ago I wrote about how I was struggling with my faith. I’d no idea who God was, where he was, if he existed at all even. I was seeing the problems going on all over the world, the displacement of peoples and the persecution of [...]
Life changes come with four legs! So much has happened this past year and I’ve had a roller coaster of a time. It started with adding a furry four-legged friend to the household. After 15 years, my husband relented and we are now the proud “parents” of a springer spaniel called Milo. Added [...]
MY TIME AT NEW HALL Being a Mothers' Union member has certainly provided many opportunities to get involved in a wide variety of worthwhile causes world-wide. A significant one came into my life twelve years ago. The Mothers’ Union asked for volunteers to work in the Mother and Baby Unit at New Hall Women’s Prison and [...]
During an interregnum in 2010 the church had a prayer meeting one January evening. I was asking God how we might best love and serve the people of our village of Crofton, Wakefield. As often happens in my experience in prayer meetings, my mind started to wander. I got to thinking about those who are [...]