Our Saviour says, ‘Come unto me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you. Take my yoke on you and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls.’
At Fulneck we have a glass vase that is put out for the first Sunday of March, but who presented this to Fulneck, when and why? With the help of others, I have explored these questions.
We all know the phrase: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ It rolls off the tongue easily, but let’s be honest it’s a lot harder to live out. Because our neighbour isn’t always the friendly face next door. Sometimes our neighbour is a stranger.
When I was a student, formal dinner in my college began with a Grace that had been used there for seven hundred years. A scholar, after invoking God’s blessing, would quote the First Letter of St John, chapter 4, verse 16 – ‘God is love.
Hurricane Melissa swept through Jamaica on 28 October 2025 as a Category 5 storm. It was the strongest storm in recorded history to ever make landfall on the island with winds reaching 252 miles per hour, surpassing Hurricane Gilbert in 1988. Melissa left a trail of destruction on the Jamaican Moravian community with extensive damage to church properties, homes and community infrastructure.