Jenny’s letter 26th April
Dear Friends, This week has held together a number of very different threads. Last week, the Church remembered the Seven Martyrs of the Melanesian Brotherhood in the Solomon Islands, with […]
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Jenny’s letter 12th April
Dear Friends, I am really enjoying these lighter evenings and brighter days. There is something about heading out to walk the dog and realising it is still light that just […]
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Jenny’s letter 5th April
Dear Friends, There is a particular kind of joy that belongs only to Easter. It is neither loud nor forced, but deep, steady, and full of hope. It comes after […]
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Jenny’s Letter 29th March
Dear Friends, There’s a moment every year, just before Holy Week begins, when I look at the diary and think, “Surely I should feel more panicked than this.” There is […]
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Jenny’s letter 1st March
Dear Friends, I write this week on Friday. Today, we gather at St Barnabas for a significant funeral. Significant because it is complicated- in a good way. And because among […]
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Jenny’s letter 22nd February
Dear Friends, On the first Sunday of Lent we are taken into the wilderness with Jesus: forty days, hunger, silence, and then the tempter’s voice — “If you are the […]
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Jenny’s letter 1st February
Dear Friends, As we reach the Last Sunday of Epiphany, I find myself doing a small but symbolic task: putting away the crib. Even the most stubborn shepherds and wise […]
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Jenny’s letter 18th January
Dear Friends, The last week in the life of our parish has been one of real encouragement, and I find myself full of gratitude for what God is quietly growing […]
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Jenny’s letter 11th January
Dear Friends, There is a great deal happening in the life of our church at the moment, and some of it is deeply encouraging. This coming Sunday at 11.00 am […]
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Jenny’s letter 21st December
Dear Friends, It has been a full Advent. Properly full. In the last few weeks we’ve been swept along by the glow and bustle of the Christmas Tree Festival, and […]