For those who were at the St Clement’s evening service yesterday, you will have seen that the dough I made at the start of the service had begun to grow by the end. Despite challenges such as the relative coolness of the building and the lack of space to attend to a proper kneading stage, it was beginning to expand.

Hungry minds will be happy to know that this continued back in my kitchen and, by about 10:30pm, I had a well-baked loaf coming out of the oven that passed muster and contributed to breakfast this morning. May the water of the Spirit and the leaven of our gathered worship lead you into a week that is bread for the soul.