I usually worship in Holy Spirit church in Tallinn, Estonia.  Behind the altar in Holy Spirit church, there is a carving by Bernt Notke. It depicts the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. Somehow however, in the 542 years since its installation, a crucial part of the carving went missing. The original carving […]

This week we celebrate Ascension Day.  40 days of the Easter period have passed, and we celebrate that Jesus now ascends into heaven and lives there with God his father, in fact as one with him again. St Luke furnishes us with two accounts of the Ascension of Christ: One at the end of his […]

  Renewal One of the great advantages of living in London is that one can pop into the National Gallery to look at just one room, or even just one painting.  Room 63 is one that I keep on going back to.  The paintings in this room are all connected with the city of Venice […]

St Paul is a very special Saint. He is so special that he doesn’t actually get a day for himself in the calendar of Saints.  He has to share one with his great fellow saint St Peter, with whom he not always got on well during his lifetime, and that is putting it mildly, they […]

THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY: 18-25 JANUARY 2026 To my surprise and delight, over coffee after a morning service at St Stephen’s, I found myself in a group discussion with Christians from different denominations.  We were members of the Romanian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist Churches, with a Quaker School former pupil.  […]