top of page
"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:
Search
Devin McLachlan
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Hope without Optimism
I am proud to be involved with Centre 33. Centre 33 is an amazing organization that supports young carers in this city, and throughout...
40 views
0 comments
Devin McLachlan
Aug 18, 20202 min read
A testing anniversary
Some of you will know that this week sees our wedding anniversary, and I am so very touched that so many of you have sent us messages and...
226 views
0 comments
Devin McLachlan
Aug 13, 20202 min read
Sacred Shade
Today - August 13th – the Church of England remembers someone you may well not have heard of: Jeremy Taylor. Taylor (1613-67) was born in...
19 views
0 comments
Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jul 30, 20202 min read
The Long & Winding Road
Canon Adrian is on his annual leave; this week's reflection is from Revd Devin: Today the church remembers William Wilberforce...
27 views
0 comments
Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jul 23, 20203 min read
Masquerade
Canon Adrian is on his annual leave; this week's reflection is from Revd Devin: By tomorrow, masks will be required for customers in...
15 views
0 comments
Devin McLachlan
Jul 15, 20203 min read
Summertime…
While I was shaving this morning, Gershwin's 'Summertime' came on on Radio 3, in the classic recording by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis...
49 views
0 comments
Devin McLachlan
Jul 9, 20202 min read
Home is where the heart is
I began my pastoral letter earlier this week with a Bible verse that often makes me cry (oh, not crying again, I hear you, er, cry) -...
20 views
1 comment
Great St Mary's Ministry Team
Jul 8, 20205 min read
Ministry with Children and Families: Carolynn reflects
Carolynn Pritchard, Great St Mary’s Children’s Minister reflects on a momentous year… I sit down to write at the end of the Children’s...
29 views
0 comments
Devin McLachlan
Jul 7, 20205 min read
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...
242 views
0 comments
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...
55 views
0 comments
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...
28 views
0 comments
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...
22 views
0 comments
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.
17 views
0 comments
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.
12 views
0 comments
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...
10 views
0 comments
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
9 views
0 comments
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...
11 views
0 comments
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...
47 views
0 comments
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...
11 views
0 comments
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...
7 views
0 comments
bottom of page