Pastoral letter:The Re-opening of Great Saint Mary's for Public Worship
Dear Friends in Christ: 'I was glad when they said unto me: we will go into the House of the Lord' (Psalm 122) Last week it was announced...
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"From the Vicar"
Regular reflections from the Great St Mary's clergy team. You can also read these reflections by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, the eMag:
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Devin McLachlan
Jul 2, 20202 min read
Worth the Wait
I was expecting to be in Ely Cathedral this coming Saturday afternoon, sharing with the Bishop in the laying-on of hands as Shirley...
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Devin McLachlan
Jun 25, 20202 min read
What's your background?
'Adrian comes from a very humble background - born to a working-class family in Wolverhampton, Adrian attended state schools before...
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Devin McLachlan
Jun 18, 20202 min read
Divine Discontent
I am delighted that Great St Mary's is part of this year's Cambridge University Festival of Wellbeing. As with all such events (illegal...
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Devin McLachlan
Jun 11, 20203 min read
Discomfort, Anger, Tears - and Foolishness
Discomfort, Anger, Tears - and Foolishness: may these be God's gifts to me, and to you, right now. God knows we need them.
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Devin McLachlan
Jun 4, 20202 min read
The Lord IS the Dance
It is easy, on Trinity Sunday, to get tripped up by the ‘grammar’ – but our God is Majesty that cannot be parsed, but ought to be praised.
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Devin McLachlan
May 28, 20202 min read
An Attitude of Gratitude
Pentecost left the apostles reeling. The Gift of the Spirit, beyond easy description, was not beyond their capacity to receive. But it...
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Devin McLachlan
May 21, 20201 min read
Physical-distancing and the Cosmic Christ
The Ascension is a distancing which calls for something new - for those who experience the pain of separation to trust in a different kind o
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Devin McLachlan
May 14, 20202 min read
Lost and Found
When I wrote last week's letter, I already had in mind what I was going to write this week. I left a clue for the eagle-eyed in the last...
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Devin McLachlan
May 7, 20202 min read
The Strings are False
'The strings, my Lord, are false'. How's your Shakespeare? Excellent, I am sure. But just in case it's a while since you spent much time...
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Devin McLachlan
Apr 30, 20202 min read
The New Normal
This phrase has emerged more than once of late, as politicians and others seek to help frame our expectations. Dominic Raab, in...
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Devin McLachlan
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Spiritual toolkits — from Rev'd Devin
We've been busy on social media. In the last 28 days we've reached 22,376 people on Facebook, including 15,733 people who have viewed our...
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Devin McLachlan
Apr 16, 20202 min read
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Thank you for all the Easter greetings via email and cards, so amazingly...
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Devin McLachlan
Apr 7, 20202 min read
From the Vicar
You may be entertained by the fact that I was once young enough to be the Church of England's youth representative at the Conference of...
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Devin McLachlan
Apr 1, 20202 min read
The Devil can be in the Digital
A major pharmaceutical company is presently using the phrase 'Prescribe Kindness'. That's a good maxim for any time, but now more than...
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Devin McLachlan
Mar 26, 20202 min read
From the Vicar
Michaelhouse has ahagioscope.Sometimes these things are called squints. The idea was that, if you were having to observe the medieval...
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Devin McLachlan
Mar 19, 20203 min read
Pastoral Letter (19 March)
By now many of you will heard that the Church of England has suspended all public worship and called on churches to ‘face the challenge...
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