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Ministers Musing -March 6th, 2026 - Rev Will Sparks

Today

We are called to be weird in “the world as it is,” because “the world as it is” has yet to become “the world as God wants it.” That is the theme we are exploring through the season of Lent. This week it is not difficult to see examples of how short we have fallen from the world God wants. The level of violence and environmental destruction this week could not be farther from it. read more

Ministers Musing 27th Feb, 2026 - Rev. Julie Lees

7 days ago

This Sunday we will shape worship around Aaron’s chapter on PRAYER in his book “Weird in the World: Living Towards the World God Wants.” We will also explore the story of Nicodemus’ visit with Jesus: two faithful people, having a respectful conversation about the realm of God and our way of participating in that – is it body? Spirit? Both? And, how does prayer fit in to figuring that out? read more

Ministers Musing 20th Feb, 2026 - Rev. Will Sparks

14 days ago

Welcome everyone to the season of Lent. On Tuesday a Highlands and St Catherine’s crowd gathered in the lower hall and ate pancakes. There we began to think about this 40 day journey that stretches out before us. We begin with Ash Wednesday and it will end on Good Friday. Lent is our yearly opportunity to take stock, to slow down, and to sink into the narrative arc of the Christian faith enough that we can be shaped and formed by it once again. read more