My Friend Indeed
Published 17/04/26
Friendship is one of the best things in life. Our friends can make bad days manageable and good days better. They can cheer us up, steady us, make us laugh, and remind us who we are when life feels uncertain.
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Read MorePlaying the Game
Published 17/04/26Picture this.
It’s a cup final. The clock is almost done and you’re about to go into extra time. Then the referee gives a penalty against you — and you think it’s completely wrong.
What do you do next?
Read MoreFlattening the Laws
Published 17/04/26Let me start with a thought that sounds simple, but is hard to live out:
Truth isn’t only something you know. It’s something you do.
Truth, lived properly, is integrity — being the same person in private as in public; doing the right thing even when it would be easier, or more profitable, not to.
Read MoreChristmas Special
Published 10/12/25What will you be doing on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, after you’ve opened your presents, eaten your Christmas dinner, maybe taken the dog for a walk?
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Read MoreSermons in Stones
Published 21/05/25Have you ever stopped to really listen to the quiet whispers of nature? Nature is filled with wisdom and lessons for those who are willing to look closely.
Read MoreAfraid of the Cross
Published 04/04/25What frightens you?
When I was a child, I was frightened of the Cross.
The crucifix - that is, the image of the cross with the crucified Jesus - in the church I attended as a child, was a very powerful piece of art. I wish I could show you a picture of it. Made of bronze, it shows Our Lord with his head bowed in death. One other detail I can remember is that His right foot is bent round, so that the nail can pierce both His feet.*
Read MoreClothed In Kindness
Published 19/03/25As we prepare to celebrate the patronal feast day of St Benedict this Friday 21 March, I want to talk to you about an important principle found in the Rule of St Benedict, which has shaped Christian hospitality for centuries: the idea of welcoming the stranger.
Read MoreKnockin' on Heaven's Door
Published 22/01/25I don’t know if you’ve seen any good films recently. I don’t go to the cinema very often, but there is a movie which has just been released which I simply must see, and that is A Complete Unknown, the biopic of the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, starring Timothée Chalamet.
Read MoreWhat is Truth?
Published 15/01/25This week’s theme for the school is Veritas - Truth, and we heard in this week's assembly, a reflection on this theme and its application to the Christian life.
All people who follow a religion believe that there is such a thing as an objective Truth. Christians believe that this Truth (with a capital T) has its identity in the person of Jesus Christ.