Mark Nam

This week marks the release of the fifth and final reflection I've written for @StPaulsLondon and this one feels especially significant. It’s titled "The Teapot: Poured out in Love". bit.ly/sacred-remnants Each of the five reflections explores a different object, a different chapter of life, and a different layer of faith and memory. The first was about a name chop — a symbol of childhood, of identity, and the questions I began asking early on about who I was and where I belonged. The second, chopsticks, captured the tenderness of my parents' love — love that was felt more than spoken, in the quiet language of food and care. The third reflection took a harder turn — slippers — found after my mother died. A small, intimate object that spoke of grief, loss, and memory. The fourth came in my forties — reflecting on the shoes my father left behind, and the legacy he passed on, prompting me to look both back and ahead. But it’s this final one — about a calico tea set — that feels most poignant. These delicate cups once belonged to my parents. Now, they’ve been passed into the hands of my children — their grandchildren. In them, I see not only memory, but continuity. This isn’t just about loss. It’s about love passed on. It's about how faith and story live on in the things we keep — and the lives we shape with them. Each object has marked a decade of my life. And now, with this tea set, it’s not just about the past — it’s about what remains sacred in the present, and what we carry into the future. You can read the final reflection and the whole series on the St Paul’s Cathedral website: stpauls.co.uk/resources/sacr… @oxforddiocese