Blog post by a member of St Bride's
As the equal marriage legislation inches its way through Westminster, we are daily being exposed to rhetoric from both sides of the argument. The debate is certainly polarised ranging from the abhorrent (claiming LGBT relationships are akin to bestiality) through to the triumphalist. Comments from the peerage seem to be particularly imperious and nonsensical
Read MoreTalk on Trinity Sunday 2013 at St Bride's by Steve Shakespeare Today is Trinity Sunday. But what is dominating our news this week is the attack in Woolwich, in which the soldier Lee Rigby was killed. The implications of that event are ones we need to consider urgently, so I hope you will forgive me if we focus on that, and who knows, we may even return to the Trinity at the end!
Read MoreTalk at St Bride’s by Dr. Chris Allen
I have spent a lifetime searching for socialism. It all began when I was 13. I liked ‘alternative’ rock and punk music and, from that, my exposure to radical politics began. The ideas propounded by the bands that I was listening to fell into the categories of socialism and anarchism. They provided me with a way of understanding the world around me. It was 1983. This was Thatcher’s Britain. My father was variously in work, out of work and on strike. Why are good people treated so badly? It made no sense, until I began to listen to music.
Read MoreSermon at Open Table, by The Rev Mark Waters, at St Bride's 21.04.2013
Read MoreA reflection on Mindfulness by Petra Elsmore
“Relating to the whole of our lives mindfully – to both our inward and our outward experiences – is a profoundly positive and practical alternative to the driven, automatic pilot mode in which we operate most of the time without even knowing it.” (Myla & Jon Kabat- Zinn, Everyday Blessings, Hyperion, New York, 1997, p.20-21)
Read Moreblog post by Chris Allen
The sanctity of the family has been a hot topic for Tory MPs opposed to gay marriage. These are the same Tory MPs that support the bedroom tax in the full knowledge of its likely impact on family life.
Read MoreA reflection used by Ruth Stock on Sunday night’s meeting of “Ruach-blessing” at St Bride's
Read Moreblog post by Chris Allen
Read MoreThis morning we are again looking at the year ahead. Following the star….
Read MorePosted by Rev Sara Doyle, Curate at St Bride's
Read MoreBy Ken Sehested (adapted)
Read MoreAdvent 3 Talk at St Bride's By Jon Jelfs
Read Morea poem for Margaret Kenny
Read MoreBlessed are the peacemakers -
the community builders,
the activists who practice non violence,….
Poem by Jon Jelfs
Read MoreMy partner and I went away for the weekend recently just for a few days relaxation away from our laptops, mobile phones and work which are our almost constant companions. As is our habit when we go away, we had done a little research online to see if there was a church nearby that we could go to on Sunday. Sadly we don't feel like we could just turn up the nearest church to our hotel and be confident that the vicar or the congregation would be comfortable to have a gay couple worshipping with them.
Read MoreThis wonderful reflection on the nature of blessing was used by Helen Jelfs to introduce our morning prayer liturgy today at St Bride's
Read MoreA personal reflection by Rose Green
12 September 2012 will go down in Liverpool history as the day that all the pain and the struggle and the tears were justified.
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