Category Archives: Christianity

Have a joyful Lent – think outside the box!

Posted on February 12, 2018 by stchrysostoms

Each year you give us this joyful season  – says one of the prayers at Mass in Lent. Really, joyful? Well, for many people Lent  seems to be about giving up chocolate, gin or bacon sandwiches. Many Christians try a … Continue reading →

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Light from an Anglo Saxon Candlemas

Posted on February 2, 2018 by stchrysostoms

On February 2nd (or a Sunday close to it) we celebrate Candlemas, The Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple. This is one of the most ancient of Christian festivals, and a description exists of the feast … Continue reading →

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3 words, 2 seconds, 1 moment

Posted on January 1, 2018 by stchrysostoms

  O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever. 1 Chronicles 16.34 “Thank you.”  Two short words that speak volumes.  An acknowledgement of how much we depend on each other at nearly every … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas from Bremen

Posted on December 23, 2017 by stchrysostoms

Merry Christmas from the medieval German city of Bremen, home of the famous animal musicians in a fairy tale, and of Anne Noltenius, one of our parish assistants 2016-2017. The city was bombed heavily in the Second World War and … Continue reading →

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That Pink Candle

Posted on December 14, 2017 by stchrysostoms

In the middle of the 1982 Falklands conflict a series of letters in The Times debated the pronunciation of the name of the southernmost, uninhabited, icy island of the South Sandwich Islands, Thule, far away in the South Atlantic, yet a … Continue reading →

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Physical Chemistry and my faith

Posted on November 4, 2017 by stchrysostoms

My research as a physical chemist involves the analysis of new and advanced materials using a technique called NMR spectroscopy. NMR stands for nuclear magnetic resonance, and is very closely related to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) which has become a … Continue reading →

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Celebrating 140 Years

Posted on October 12, 2017 by stchrysostoms

We’re coming up to St Chrysostom’s Church’s birthday, so here’s some information about  the consecration itself By the 1870s Victoria Park and the local area had grown so much that it was decided it needed its own church. The site … Continue reading →

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An Angel Quiz

Posted on September 29, 2017 by stchrysostoms

For several years Fr Ian has prepared a quiz on the theme of angels for a priests’ gathering at Michaelmas. Here is a recent one.  At the quiz itself points are given for humorous, if wrong, answers, as well as … Continue reading →

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Levitation lessons?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by stchrysostoms

Levitation lessons are requested by the novices at the Benedictine Convent of Oby in Sylvia Townsend Warner’s engaging novel The Corner that Held Them.  Now there’s a thought! How splendid it would be to be able to levitate. Jasmine, parish assistant, … Continue reading →

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Do cuddly toys go to heaven?

Posted on July 15, 2017 by stchrysostoms

Have you a cuddly toy which is special to you? Each of my children has or has had. Boing Boing the tiger (named after the noise Tigger from Winnie the Pooh makes) is currently very much part of our family … Continue reading →

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