Minister’s Message – August 16, 2026

Bible reading: Genesis 45:1-15.

Message.

Dartmouth is a pretty and much visited town in south Devon. It is famous for many things: its picturesque narrow streets climbing up the hillside, its beautiful location on the River Dart, its castle, and the Britannia Naval College. You can take boat trips up the river on a vintage paddle steamer, or cross to Kingswear for a ride on a steam train with, perhaps, a visit to Agatha Christie’s house. For many years, too, Dartmouth was home to a bookshop owned by Christopher Robin Milne, who hid when people asked him about Winnie-the-Pooh.

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Minister’s Message – August 9, 2026

Message.

I’ve never seen Shakespeare’s play “Othello”, recently described as a “tragedy of shattered passion, revenge and psychological warfare”. It is considered one of his finest plays. Three of its key characters are Othello himself, Desdemona his wife, and Iago, a soldier who has fought beside Othello for several years. However he believes that Othello has unfairly passed him over for promotion and seeks ways of getting revenge. Matters come to a head in the final act which is full of violence: Desdemona is smothered by her husband, Iago is injured and Othello commits suicide – and that’s by no means the whole story!

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