When I’m on my pilgrimages, I always try to take a day off from walking on Sundays and look for a local church to attend for a service. However this year, with all the restrictions as regards church activities because of coronavirus, I’ve only been able to attend a few acts of worship in person… [Continue Reading]
I want to go to a real church service-with singing!
In a recent text message, a friend of mine who is a church organist and keen musician vented her frustration at the ongoing restrictions in place as regards church services; congregational worship being permitted but only if social distancing is in place and with no singing to be included because of the risk of transmitting… [Continue Reading]
Ah, my dear Lord, the church is locked, But let my heart be open to your presence
Ah, my dear Lord, the church is locked, but let my heart be open to your presence. I recently came across these words on the gate of a local church which, like most others at this time, is closed due to the Coronavirus outbreak. The words form the first two lines of a poem entitled… [Continue Reading]