December Charities

As we walked the last 118 kilometres of the Camino de Santiago from Sarria during the May half term holiday, the phrase "Buen Camino" (translating as 'have a good journey' or 'have a good Camino') could be heard all around us. We said it to those we passed and others greeted us in a similar fashion.The Camino de Santiago known as the Way of Saint James, is a network of...

Keith's London to Brighton bike ride for the British Heart FoundationA 5:30am departure from Wantage saw us arrive at Clapham Common in good time for my 8:00am start. From 6:00am onwards, just over 15,000 riders were taking part in this iconic event on Sunday 16th June, being sent on their way every half an hour.Liz, Amy and Becca cheered me and Deji, a long standing friend from Essex, on...

A short theological reflection from Deacon Selina Nisbett."It is not good for man to be alone. Hitherto all things in Genesis that have been named, were approved of God to be very good: loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named not good." wrote John Milton in 1645, at a time of great personal loneliness.However we approach the book of Genesis theologically, the...