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How does your garden grow?
EVER since the pandemic, I have been part of a group of neighbours cultivating a small plot of land in our street. We grow fruit and vegetables, have a small wildflower meadow (“patch” might be more accurate — something that…
Who do you think you are?
“I’VE been trying to unravel the mysteries of my family.” So begins the story of Anthony Easton, as told in BBC Radio’s recent The History Podcast series “The House at Number 48”. The show follows Mr Easton as he goes on a…
Waters of life and death
I COULD read it on their faces: utter incredulity and bewilderment. I had not expected this when, as CME director, I led a group of 30 curates to the east bank of the River Jordan. The theme of their pilgrimage was…
Faith: Baptism for all
I HAVE five children. My youngest, Mira, is now 12 years old. Currently, her favourite things are — in no particular order — playing Mariokart on the Switch (a games console); spending time with friends; her stuffed elephant,…
Faith: A Christmas in captivity
BY CHRISTMAS 1942, the 50,000 or so Allied troops in Changi had already been prisoners for ten months, surviving on a starvation diet of rice, vegetables, and scraps of fish. And they were beginning to be sent off by their…
the darkness just before the dawn
WHEN I worked at a university, Covid restrictions meant that we were not permitted to sit close to one another for the college photo. Instead, a drone was brought in. As we stood there, impressively socially distanced, it…
Faith: On the origin of Jesus
ON A day that normally falls midway between the Advent procession and the television recording of Carols from King’s, the Fellows of King’s College, Cambridge, have their “Annual Congregation”: the most important meeting of…
Life and times of Thomas Becket
THERE is something that everyone agrees about Thomas Becket: that he experienced a notable change upon becoming Archbishop of Canterbury. To those who looked back on his life as that of a saint, this was a moment of…
Faith: the end of all our exploring
I AM an Episcopalian priest. In the practice of my ministry, I have often been encouraged and enlightened by Roman Catholic teaching and example, most recently by the astonishing activities of the late Pope Francis. As a…
Advent reflections: Hope, certainty, joy, courage
ADVENT is the season of promise and hope. The two concepts seem at first contradictory. If something is promised, then it is reasonable to suppose that you don’t need to hope that the promise will be kept. Unfortunately,…
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