by Ian Hempshall | May 11, 2018 | Blog
For the Lord will comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song. Isaiah 51:3 NRSV In February a small...
by Ian Hempshall | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog
The adoration of the crucified risen and ascended Lord Jesus Imagine a dark church at 3 o’clock in the morning, you have been woken from sleep by the church clock. You struggle into wakefulness and strike a match which shines out into the church and you light a...
by Ian Hempshall | Sep 6, 2017 | Blog
Earlier this month we went to the new Lewes cinema, the Depot, which is a fine new building in which to see Dunkirk the movie. It is a dramatized chronicle of the battle, and it was very well portrayed. May 1940 was a very dark day for the allies as they had been...
by Ian Hempshall | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog
It’s related that once in the life of Martin Luther, his wife Katie came down in the morning and greeted him and she was attired in mourning, she was in black, and Luther said to her, “Why are you wearing mourning?” She said, “Because God is dead.” He said, “Nonsense,...
by Ian Hempshall | Jul 6, 2017 | Blog
Mary and I have just returned from completing the first 3 weeks of the Amos Trust “Just Walk to Jerusalem”. We are a small band of walkers asking for peace, justice and reconciliation for all who call the Holy Land home.Over the three weeks we have trodden in the...
