lent

Lent 2016

In our homegroups over Lent we are going to be using some excellent material created by Winchester Diocese based on the Rule of St Benedict. St Benedict wrote his rule for christian communities over 1500 years ago, and it has been one of the most influential documents in the history of the world. Probably no documentContinue reading “Lent 2016”

40 Days of Rest

“Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest” I’m not sure what it was that Jesus saw in his disciples that moved him to say these lovely words, but in our treadmill of a culture, constantly taught to believe that life isn’t all we hoped for because weContinue reading “40 Days of Rest”

Ash Wednesday

Our Ash wednesday service marks the beginning of Lent. It is a solemn and beautiful service of reflection and contrition. The ashes at the centre of the service are a traditional reminder of our mortality, referencing Genesis 3 ‘for dust you are and to dust you will return’. It takes place on Wednesday 22nd FebruaryContinue reading “Ash Wednesday”

Lent 2012

We love this fast paced hard wired digital world with its breathless rush of creativity, opinion, noise and ideas. But there are addictive qualities to it, when through the constant stimulus we are in danger of losing the ability to sit still, to be quiet, to listen, even to sleep. For 40 days this lentContinue reading “Lent 2012”

Switching off for Lent

We’ve been thinking about Lent, and what the things are that we are dependent on. And top of many of our lists was the permanant connectivity that we now take for granted. Email, Facebook, Twitter, TV, iPod, Radio are all amazing tools, but when we become dependent on them they are noise which drowns outContinue reading “Switching off for Lent”

Lent 2010

Tom writes: Lent starts on Wednesday. For those of you feeling slightly nervous about the prospect of feeling duty bound to give up chocolate or pork pies (or another vital food stuff), let me remind of you of what some of us did last year – we embarked upon reading the whole of the NewContinue reading “Lent 2010”

We talked yesterday about preparing to enter into the wilderness at Lent to create some space and to seek repentance and humility. You can find the talk on the resources page. And whether you are planning to give something up, or take up some practical discipline our hope is that this is restorative for usContinue reading “Lent”