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Tim Eady
Jun 22, 20234 min read
Time like an ever rolling stream….. June 21st
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant...
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Tim Eady
Jun 8, 20232 min read
Trinity Sunday June 4th, 2023
If you follow the church’s lectionary, Trinity Sunday has an important function. All of the Sundays for the next few months, up until the...
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Tim Eady
May 29, 20233 min read
Come, Holy Spirit. Pentecost May 28th, 2023
In the UK, it used to be a public holiday weekend. Nowadays, the ‘Spring Bank Holiday’ seldom coincides so, despite being second only in...
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Tim Eady
May 18, 20232 min read
Risen, Ascended, Glorified! May 18th 2023
Falling as it does on a Thursday, Ascension Day is one of those festivals that can easily be overlooked, even by the faithful. It marks...
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Tim Eady
May 7, 20234 min read
THE WORK OF SERVICE BEGINS (May 7th, 2023)
‘Every baptized Christian is baptized for service.’ (John Tiller: A Strategy for the Church's Ministry, 1983) When I was a theological...
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Tim Eady
May 4, 20233 min read
Crowns and Coronations, May 4th,2023
As we look forward to the King's coronation in two day's time. We haven’t got much experience of coronations. Any of us below the age of...
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Tim Eady
Apr 24, 20233 min read
George for England (April 23rd)
The Scots celebrate St Andrew; the Welsh wear leeks for St David; the Irish go wild for St Patrick, so why is it that the English are so...
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Tim Eady
Apr 16, 20237 min read
The Resurrection - can you believe it? April 16th, 2023
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, ‘Who will roll...
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Tim Eady
Apr 9, 20233 min read
Easter Sunday April 9th 2023
Trust the English to be different from everyone else! The death and resurrection of Jesus was originally celebrated in a single event –...
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Tim Eady
Apr 9, 20232 min read
Good Friday April 7th 2023
Hot Cross Buns are the traditional food for Good Friday – the cross being a pertinent reminder of the event of this day. This day is, of...
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Tim Eady
Apr 6, 20233 min read
Maundy Thursday. April 6th 2023
The great climax of Holy Week begins with our Lord’s celebration of the Last Supper, which St. Paul introduces by writing, ‘On the night...
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Tim Eady
Apr 2, 20232 min read
Palms and Praise: A thought for Palm Sunday.
Hosanna in the Highest! What did the crowd expect on that first Palm Sunday? They were living in an occupied land. They were longing for...
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Tim Eady
Mar 25, 20232 min read
Passion Sunday
Passion Sunday, falling two weeks before Easter Sunday, draws our minds ever closer to the central fact of our faith. It points us to the...
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Tim Eady
Mar 24, 20232 min read
The Catwalk of Faith:
Put on Love (Colossians 3:14) How much thought do you give to the clothes you wear? Do you just pull out the first shirt that comes from...
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Tim Eady
Mar 18, 20232 min read
For those who 'mother' us
The Sundays of Lent are classed as feast days, so offer a chance to break from penitential rigours of the season, but the middle Sunday...
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Tim Eady
Mar 4, 20233 min read
LENT and ASH WEDNESDAY
Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. On this day, we begin our long period of preparation for Easter. The forty days of Lent have...
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Tim Eady
Feb 20, 20236 min read
And so to Safeguarding February 20th 2023
Safeguarding. I must be honest: safeguarding is not a word that has featured overmuch in the course of my ministry. When I was at...
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Tim Eady
Feb 2, 20232 min read
Candlemas February 2nd
A Light to Lighten the Gentiles..... The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (which falls on 2nd February), is a turning point in the...
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Tim Eady
Jan 25, 20234 min read
Who am I? January 25th 2023
‘Make the most of the next six weeks’, said my first vicar when I went to the 60th anniversary of his ordination, six weeks before my own...
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Tim Eady
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Christian Unity January 18th 2023
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity always falls towards the end of January. (It is held in the last days of January to coincide with...
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