Bible reading: John 20:19-27. “Do as I say, not as I do”: that’s a phrase we’ve all heard, and probably used ourselves. It is of course a light-hearted acknowledgement that we’re all hypocrites, that none of us live up to the standards we set for ourselves or (more importantly) ask of others. The first recorded

Sam was a Minister who had charge of a number of small chapels in rural Suffolk. Obviously she couldn’t be in every chapel every Sunday, so many services were led by lay preachers who were, I have to say, of varied quality and diligence! Arriving at one chapel three or four weeks after Easter, she

Bible reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. Julian of Norwich was an English mystic who lived in the late Middle Ages. In 1373 she was suffering an illness so severe that thought she was about to die; however she was healed after receiving visions of Christ’s suffering and (dare I say this?) of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Bible reading: Mark 15:25-39. Message. When I was eight, my parents took me to a performance of J S Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion”. It’s one of the greatest works of Western choral music, but I didn’t find it a profound experience, either musically or spiritually; in fact, it was deadly dull. The music was too