Life's a marathon, not a sprint.
Let us run with perseverance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith.
All Saints Fishponds
- Jul 30
- 2 min
God writes the story
There will be many new challenges & surprises, but I’m encouraged by the idea it's all woven together into a bigger vision of God for me.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jul 9
- 2 min
How do we grow?
Dear All Saints How do we grow? A strange question perhaps and one depending on age and stage and season of life that will be different...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jul 2
- 3 min
“Go on your way. See, I am sending you out.” Luke 10:3
May you know afresh God’s call, invitation, grace and strength as you seek to serve him and draw others into his all-embracing love.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jun 26
- 3 min
What exactly is this thing called "Love"?
Dear All Saints and St Marys Welcome to all who are new to our churches and I hope that everyone new and old (and anywhere in between)...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jun 18
- 3 min
Themes for the Week
Dear All Saints and St Mary’s This Sunday, at St Mary’s, we have an opportunity to continue our reflections on what it means to believe...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jun 11
- 2 min
"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Romans 5:1
Greetings dear friends on this Trinity Sunday, Trinity Sunday celebrates how in the coming of the Holy Spirit, God is revealed to us as a...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Come Holy Spirit
Dear All Saints and St Mary's Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful people, and kindle in us the fire of your love! What a...
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All Saints Fishponds
- May 21
- 3 min
Journey through the Acts of the Apostles
Dear All Saints and St Mary’s In this Sunday’s readings we continue our journey through the Acts of the Apostles, with an excerpt from...
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All Saints Fishponds
- May 7
- 2 min
Imagery of shepherd and sheep
Dear All Saints and St Marys This weeks readings take us deeper into the meaning of Easter, and what it can mean to be a Christian. We...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Apr 30
- 3 min
Care and Tend
In Easter season we rejoice and proclaim the risen Lord. We give thanks for the new creation that the resurrection holds out to all in hope
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All Saints Fishponds
- Apr 23
- 2 min
Rejoice
This Sunday we continue to rejoice in the new life that God offers us through the resurrection of Jesus.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Apr 16
- 2 min
'Victory is ours through Him who loves us.’ (Desmond Tutu) Happy Easter
That is the power of faith and of a faith that is joyfully woven and committed to the resurrection.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Apr 9
- 2 min
A Week of Different Moments
Holy Week starts this Sunday. This week we enter into, as the very first friends of Jesus did
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All Saints Fishponds
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Press on to take hold....
Press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of you... Philippians 3:12 Dear Friends, The 5th Sunday of lent is the...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Mar 26
- 2 min
Who is my family
As a Church family we come together for a myriad of reasons this Sunday and with it we bring ourselves, our stories, our lives to our church
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All Saints Fishponds
- Mar 12
- 3 min
Expectations
“…our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ." – Philippians 3:20 ...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Mar 5
- 3 min
A Happy Lent ?
But the word “happy” jars slightly when linked to Lent in the same way perhaps that the word “Good” always feels slightly at odds with Frida
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All Saints Fishponds
- Feb 26
- 3 min
We pray.
We live in uncertain times.
Even when there is nothing practical that we can do, even when we don’t know what to pray for, we pray.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Feb 19
- 3 min
Ruach
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, until the...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Feb 12
- 3 min
Strength of Love
It has been a week of reflecting on love. The strength of love shown by a family. The strength of love seen in friendships.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jan 22
- 2 min
Epiphany Season - 3rd Sunday
Dear All Saints and St Mary’s This Sunday we have a variety of things to be thinking and praying about. It is the third Sunday of the...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jan 15
- 3 min
Transforming Obedience in Water and Wine
t is a season in the church which invites us to understand a little more about God revealed in the person of Jesus Christ.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jan 8
- 3 min
Epiphany: The Baptism of Christ
Greetings friends, This Sunday we remember and celebrate the glorious mystery of Christ’s Baptism. The gospel story is thrilling! The...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
Happy New Year!
In this New Year when we wake up each new morning and see the sunrise (or hear raindrops tinkling on next door’s leaky gutter),
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All Saints Fishponds
- Dec 18, 2021
- 3 min
Advent 4: Mary, mother of the promised Saviour
'Greetings, most favoured one! The Lord is with you!' - what reassuring words from the angel Gabriel to a surprised Mary!
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All Saints Fishponds
- Dec 11, 2021
- 3 min
Advent 3: John the Baptist Sunday – “What should we do?”
Prophets throughout biblical and secular history have said and done things that challenge our norms and have been catalysts for change
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All Saints Fishponds
- Dec 4, 2021
- 3 min
The Adventure of Advent
Dear All Saints and St Marys On Tuesday I had the delight of being able to join Year 3 at Fishponds Academy to lead an Advent Assembly....
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All Saints Fishponds
- Nov 28, 2021
- 2 min
The Season of Advent
Dear All Saints and Saint Marys The season of Advent is a time to reflect on and prepare for the coming of Jesus. However, there has...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Nov 20, 2021
- 3 min
“So you are a King then?”
‘The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.’
Quite a title!
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All Saints Fishponds
- Nov 13, 2021
- 2 min
Remembering on Remembrance Sunday
Dear All Saints and St Marys This Sunday we mark Remembrance. Alongside sisters and brothers around the world we will pause and stay...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Saints! Those who say ‘yes’ to God
All Saints Day is a wonderful point in the calendar because it turns the spotlight of honour onto ALL Saints – whether known or unknown...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Oct 9, 2021
- 3 min
The Challenge of Balance and Getting Muddy
Dear All Saints and St Marys I have been contemplating the challenge of balance in the last few days. How do we balance things in our...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Oct 2, 2021
- 2 min
"He is the radiance of God’s glory"
"He is the radiance of God’s glory, the stamp of God’s very being, and he sustains the universe by his word of power." Hebrews 1.3 Dear...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Sep 25, 2021
- 3 min
Blessings of the small things
Greetings All Saints and St Mary’s, Hope you have all had good weeks and known the God of goodness and mercy at work in your life. This...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Sep 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Changing Seasons of Creation
Dear All Saints and St Marys It has struck me in the past week that the seasonal changes that happen in autumn are much more present and...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Gearing Up or Winding Down as we Welcome September
Dear All Saints and St Marys – Blessings. September often brings with it a sense of the “new”. A new start for so many as schools go...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Aug 29, 2021
- 3 min
Paying Attention to the small things
Dear Sisters and Brothers As the Bank holiday Weekend begins its good to be able to look forward to the next few days and what that...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Aug 21, 2021
- 3 min
To the saints who are in Fishponds and are faithful in Christ Jesus.
Paul tells us to do two things. First, having prepared ourselves, we need to stand up to challenge the evil that is in the world. Secondly,
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All Saints Fishponds
- Aug 14, 2021
- 3 min
Greetings of joy, peace and hope to you all today.
'Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us'.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Aug 7, 2021
- 2 min
* Awake, stretch, and shine *
One of the suggested lectionary-themed hymns this week begins with the line: “Awake my soul, stretch every nerve”.
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jul 31, 2021
- 2 min
A God of Calling and Change
Dear All Saints and St Marys Blessings Today is the feast of Ignatius of Loyola – who lived in 1491-1556 in Spain. He is perhaps famously...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jul 24, 2021
- 2 min
Fruits of the Spirit
How kind have you been to others this week? How gentle have you been to yourself?
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jul 3, 2021
- 3 min
Thanksgiving and Thank you’s
Dear All Saints and St Marys This weekend, and last weekend, are often called “Petertide”. After Saint Peter no less! St Peter and St...
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All Saints Fishponds
- Jun 26, 2021
- 3 min
A question of fair balance
Fairness and generosity are at the heart of Paul's plea to the church in Corinth in this week's New Testament reading
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