Mothering Sunday Canon Paul Hardingham considers our appreciation of mothers: Mothering Sunday is a day of mixed emotions. For many it’s a happy, joyous day; for others it’s one of pain and grief; day to celebrate love, while acknowledging those who cannot have children or have lost them and those who have no relationship with … Continue reading Reflections From the Pew – March 2023
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He Gave Us Eyes to See Them*
Sandro Botticelli’s ‘Primavera’ Each month we are exploring a painting that celebrates the glory and wonder of creation. In this month of March, the world around us is moving from the cold and harshness of winter to new birth as the earth comes to life again in the season of spring. It is the theme … Continue reading He Gave Us Eyes to See Them*
Not the Vicar’s letter – March, 2023
As I write this in mid-February the snowdrops in our garden and along the roadside are in full bloom. We all know these delicate white flowers as snowdrops but they have many other names connected with the Virgin Mary such as Mary’s bells or Mary’s tapers, the pure white of the flowers echoing the purity … Continue reading Not the Vicar’s letter – March, 2023