This morning, our LLM Phillip talked about the spiritual generosity that the widow who gave all she had, little as it was - and how it's not how much we give that matters - it's the reasons why we give and how giving can free us, spiritually. https://youtu.be/Fi9GVvFXyq4

What does the story of Jesus feeding the five-thousand have to do with the 1908 Parish Magazine, a pamphlet from the late 1950's and the disliked strawberry or coffee cream flavoured chocolate? Do you give from what you have ...or from what you have left? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y27oz1IViXc

“many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat”. That snippet from Mark chapter 6 sounds like a typical day at the office where I work. Indeed, it's an image my wife complains of through her job too - and it's depressing how many lunches I spend at my desk with a sandwich as I type, or hastily grabbed so I can get back to that work space again. Looking around at St Mark's, I think it can often seem that way here as well; my earlier notions that the Church of England was an easy job far from the truth. With clergy and members of the church preparing for school assemblie...

Anne unpacks our gospel reading from Mark 9:38 to 50: salt and fire are powerful metaphors but seemingly at odds with the passive "meek and mild" Jesus we may think of. https://youtu.be/7zRRCOZKeWo