7.50am I am very aware that things will start to feel weird today. The last two Holy Weeks have been fairly quiet Monday to Wednesday. It's mostly attending services, but not taking them, last minute prep, sermon polishing and batch cooking for the rest of the week. But on Maundy Thursday, we would normally have [...]
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Holy Week in a pandemic: Monday
8.55am I am stood in the kitchen making coffee and I'm feeling a lot more positive than yesterday. I'm thinking about what the Queen said in her speech last night and I am so grateful for her wisdom and courage. I'm reading a book about her faith at the moment, and more than ever I [...]
Holy Week in a pandemic: Palm Sunday
9.25am I am still in bed. I've no need to get up yet as church is happening online this morning, for obvious reasons. I've been tickled by the idea of doing Sunday worship in my pyjamas all week, but now it comes to it, I feel like I'm being very cheeky! On another note, I [...]
Holy Week as a Priest: Easter Day
4.58am Early in the morning, on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary went to the tomb. When she got there, she found that the tomb was open and empty, apart from neatly folded graveclothes. She ran back to tell the others. Peter and another went to see if it [...]