Dean Akrill

In July, we’ll be thanking God for our Pets, and all God’s creatures. All are welcome to our service for all ages and all species. Please come along with (or without) your furry friends. Both our Churches will be joining…

This Sunday is the Ketton Green Festival, a reminder that the earth is fragile and needs protecting and a challenge for us to live more sustainable lives.  On a spiritual level, perhaps this Festival, and others like it, affirm that…

What does it mean to be human? Or, perhaps I should ask, what does it mean to be a person? I ask this, because it is a fundamental question which is perhaps more important now than ever. From a philosophical perspective, personhood is…

Lord Christ, give me some of your Spirit, To comfort the places in my heart where I hurt, Then give me some more of your spirit So that I can comfort other people. Terry Waite You may remember the name,…

Do you dream? It seems to me that many dreams are a combination of our memories and some random weird stuff that we can’t quite explain. I have a memory of my grandfather sitting in his armchair, and for many…

Listening to or reading the news can be a dispiriting experience, we live in a world which is particularly divisive and fractured at the moment. But, as I write this on a lovely sunny day in our beautiful and largely…

Have you bothered God recently? I do it all the time, in fact I imagine that the almighty is fed up with my yakking (not really, I know that God is far more gracious than me). Prayer has been in…

We now offer Children’s activities during all our Sunday Morning Services at St. Mary’s ketton, but we don’t keep the children out of sight or out of mind; we come together as a big family. Or, if you feel the…

Easter, a time of re-connection, of new beginnings and new life, as we meet with the risen Christ, the all-encompassing light, God’s all-inclusive love.

In the picture are some words from our powerful Good Friday reflection,, “We are the body”. The service combined readings, music and art to tell a familiar story in a challenging and heartfelt way. Sometimes we can learn a lot…