Category Archives: This Sunday

This weekend Fiona and I celebrate twenty years serving at St. Luke’s in Ramsgate. I am only the second vicar at St. Luke’s to stay that long, although the first vicar of the church stayed for over thirty years, and I am not promising to try and beat him

This weekend Fiona and I celebrate twenty years serving at St. Luke’s in Ramsgate. I am only the second vicar at St. Luke’s to stay that long, although the first vicar of the church stayed for over thirty years, and I am not promising to try and beat him

We are naturally impatient, and in our society often in a rush to get to the next thing. Waiting can be boring. It can be uncomfortable and unsettling, particularly when the future is uncertain, and you do not know how long the wait will be. When will the bus come? Will it ever come? Or will I freeze to death waiting?

What counts as victory? Is it your team winning the FA cup or Premiership? Achieving that promotion or job you have always longed for? Winning the hand in marriage of the person you love? Overcoming a life-threatening illness?

What counts as victory? Is it your team winning the FA cup or Premiership? Achieving that promotion or job you have always longed for? Winning the hand in marriage of the person you love? Overcoming a life-threatening illness?

What we believe about death effects how we live our life.

What we believe about death effects how we live our life.

It’s a truth that is the foundation of our faith and a truth that should sustain us in our journey as it gives us the joy of forgiveness and friendship with God, motivates our following of him and brings the fantastic hope of eternal life.

The Last Supper is an integral part of the story. It shows that Jesus knew what was about to happen to him and that he was going to the cross willingly and for a purpose. At the Last Supper Jesus explains that his death is for the forgiveness of our sins and to create a new covenant – a new relationship between us and God.

So, in the church, there are a variety of members each with distinctive roles. Each one is needed, valued and equipped by the Spirit with a specific gift, which is to be used not for their own good, but for the good of the body as a whole.