Faith Communities and Mental Health
The mental wellbeing of our society is critically important if we are to weather the storm created by the pandemic. However, we must also consider …
Learning more deeply to recognise and serve the community, Part 1
Last year, when we thought we had seen the peak of the pandemic, I chose to leave my job in teaching and start a new vocation as a full-time priest. …
‘I’m not ageist! I love the old dears…’
The events of 2020 were “unprecedented”, extraordinary, challenging, and sadly, for too many, they’ve been deadly. But something what has struck me …
Faith in older people …..
I can’t tell you how much I have valued older people – and that’s throughout the whole of my near thirty-year parish ministry. It’s often said …
Be Kind and Reach Out This Winter
Kindness felt like an enormous part of our lives at the start of lockdown. We were scared, and our daily acts of kindness helped us feel that we would …
‘Thank you for the music: The songs I’m singing’
The sentiment and gratitude expressed in this song by ABBA have been, over the last 10 years, expressed and felt by hundreds of people with dementia, …