It is now 4 ½ months since I went off sick to have treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer of the blood. Bolton Hospital have been excellent in […]
The Easter festival is made-up of several different events: the intimate meal on Maundy Thursday with the sharing of the bread and wine and Jesus washing the feet of his […]
This week the war in Ukraine has been raging for over a year; its impact has been devastating, first and foremost with lives lost and whole communities even cities obliterated. […]
Ash Wednesday combines two elements of our humanity – one “earthy” if I can put it that way, the other theological. At times I think the ritual and the words […]
We probably have no comprehension of the scale of disaster and destruction in Turkey and Syria. Whole towns and villages destroyed in one moment; a rescue needed on a scale […]
In the last couple of weeks or so the Church of England has made the national news for a couple of issues which are clearly divisive, both within the church […]
There is an irony that in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the Church of England has published the divisive proposals to allow prayers of blessing for same-sex couples […]
Newsletter from our Team Rector, Reverend Peter Reiss, for Sunday 22 January 2023 For quite a few 2023 has started with real challenges, challenges of health, either for self or […]