From the Vicar

From Rowan Callick Today’s readings are an especially eclectic collection: a description of “a wife of noble character”, the very first psalm comparing the wicked with those who “delight in the law of the Lord”, and James imploring us to “control our tongues”, even while fearing this to be a hopeless aim. Our gospel from…

From Fr Stephen Delbridge As we continue to read through the Letter of James and juxtapose our readings from Mark’s Gospel we are called to be mindful of who we are and how we live. James is vigorous in his declaration that faith requires works and Jesus is vigorous in his holding of the tensions…

From Fr Stephen Delbridge Canon Christopher alerted us last Sunday to these weeks that we will spend in James’ Letter. Last Sunday we had the line: ‘be doers of the word and not hearers only’. Today we have the follow-up verse: ‘faith without works is dead’ (!). We can match this verse with the actions…

For the next five weeks our Sunday epistle readings come from the epistle of James. It is a practical and straightforward letter, attributed to James, the brother of Jesus, which emphasises the importance of living out one’s faith through actions. James declares ‘faith without works is dead’ (2: 17). The letter includes themes of perseverance,…

For the past five Wednesday evenings a small group from the congregation have been studying, via Zoom, Paul’s letter to the Colossians. This week we studied the first part of chapter three, which begins with these words: So, if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated…