No Room on the Wardlist: a Christmas Story
One of my parishioners works in the City. She has done so for years and works extremely hard. In fact...
Parish
up and down the Kingsland Road
On the Eve of All Hallows
It is almost exactly 12 years since I became a vicar in Stamford Hill and about eight years since...
The miracle of the tap
The church leaks from the cement ceiling and the crypt is pretty damp too. Water is rising from the ground...
Can we bless on zoom?
When I was training to be a priest I was told that you can only bless somebody if you can...
Doors into the Imaginal Realm
“Please God to open these doors for me” writes the inmate of a detention centre in North Carolina after reading...
Still We Grieve
I buried three people over the last five months. None of them died because of COVID-19, although one family felt...
Ascension Day
Today is Ascension Day. The last three days have been “rogation days”, days of prayer and fasting and preparation before...
Ash Wednesday in New Zealand
On Ash Wednesday I was in Wellington, New Zealand. I was visiting my daughter, who was working at the time...
Clapton Commons Foodbank
For the last ten days I’ve found myself eating a lot of toast. I’ve not been thinking so much about...
Fr Dorote – Georgian Orthodox priest
This is the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and so I give Fr Dorote a ring. Fr Dorote is...