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"From the Vicar"
Regular reflections from the Great St Mary's clergy team. You can also read these reflections by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, the eMag:
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Blessed Cecilia
This coming Sunday, November 22nd, is many things. It is the feast of Christ the King; it is Stir-Up Sunday (from the Prayer Book Collect...
Devin McLachlan
Nov 19, 20202 min read
Father Forgive
80 years ago this coming Saturday, November 14th 1940, Operation Moonlight Sonata took place in the skies over Coventry. The town boomed...
Devin McLachlan
Nov 12, 20202 min read
The Endless Poetry
It’s widely acknowledged amongst fans of the TV comedy Blackadder that the 4th series, Blackadder Goes Forth, was the most brilliant. My...
Devin McLachlan
Nov 5, 20202 min read
Good Companions
I have been thinking a great deal this week about former Vicars of Great St Mary's. Two reasons: first, on Monday one came to preach;...
Devin McLachlan
Oct 22, 20203 min read
What the hell is wrong with me?
As Shirley and David will confirm (having been the latest of our lot to undergo the process) while ordination confers holy orders, it...
Devin McLachlan
Oct 15, 20202 min read
Sweet Reasonableness
Matthew Arnold could not be described as an orthodox Christian, or even, possibly, a Christian at all – but he was a significant...
Devin McLachlan
Oct 8, 20202 min read
All Are Called
The ordinations this weekend of Shirley Holder (to the priesthood) and David Bagnall (to the diaconate) are occasions of great rejoicing...
Devin McLachlan
Sep 23, 20202 min read
Speaking Truth to Power
I spoke to two members of parliament last week. One, unsurprisingly, was our very own MP, Daniel Zeichner. Daniel, not for the first...
Devin McLachlan
Sep 17, 20203 min read
Hope without Optimism
I am proud to be involved with Centre 33. Centre 33 is an amazing organization that supports young carers in this city, and throughout...
Devin McLachlan
Sep 10, 20202 min read
A testing anniversary
Some of you will know that this week sees our wedding anniversary, and I am so very touched that so many of you have sent us messages and...
Devin McLachlan
Aug 18, 20202 min read
Sacred Shade
Today - August 13th – the Church of England remembers someone you may well not have heard of: Jeremy Taylor. Taylor (1613-67) was born in...
Devin McLachlan
Aug 13, 20202 min read
The Long & Winding Road
Canon Adrian is on his annual leave; this week's reflection is from Revd Devin: Today the church remembers William Wilberforce...
Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jul 30, 20202 min read
Masquerade
Canon Adrian is on his annual leave; this week's reflection is from Revd Devin: By tomorrow, masks will be required for customers in...
Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jul 23, 20203 min read
Summertime…
While I was shaving this morning, Gershwin's 'Summertime' came on on Radio 3, in the classic recording by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis...
Devin McLachlan
Jul 15, 20203 min read
Home is where the heart is
I began my pastoral letter earlier this week with a Bible verse that often makes me cry (oh, not crying again, I hear you, er, cry) -...
Devin McLachlan
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Ministry with Children and Families: Carolynn reflects
Carolynn Pritchard, Great St Mary’s Children’s Minister reflects on a momentous year… I sit down to write at the end of the Children’s...
Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jul 8, 20205 min read
Pastoral letter:The Re-opening of Great Saint Mary's for Public Worship
Dear Friends in Christ: 'I was glad when they said unto me: we will go into the House of the Lord' (Psalm 122) Last week it was announced...
Devin McLachlan
Jul 7, 20205 min read
Worth the Wait
I was expecting to be in Ely Cathedral this coming Saturday afternoon, sharing with the Bishop in the laying-on of hands as Shirley...
Devin McLachlan
Jul 2, 20202 min read
What's your background?
'Adrian comes from a very humble background - born to a working-class family in Wolverhampton, Adrian attended state schools before...
Devin McLachlan
Jun 25, 20202 min read
Divine Discontent
I am delighted that Great St Mary's is part of this year's Cambridge University Festival of Wellbeing. As with all such events (illegal...
Devin McLachlan
Jun 18, 20202 min read
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