From grief to tender joy

Father Zossima is the wise old monk who forms the spiritual centre of gravity in Fyodor Dostoevskyโ€™s last and greatest novel,ย The Brothers Karamazov, published in 1880.ย ย On his deathbed, Zossima recalls how, as a boy in church, he was deeply moved as he watched incense rising from a censer to meet a ray of sunlight high …

Being old, being Christian

A sermon by Rod Benson Proverbs 16:31-33 Time. Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. Time is of the essence. Time is the life of the soul. Time is the great physician. Itโ€™s high time we did something. Have you got the time? I donโ€™t have enough time. When the trumpet of the …