Holy Trinity Brompton’s new vicar, Archie Coates is grateful for the start his parents gave him

I was brought up by wonderful Christian parents: initially in Bath and then we moved to London when I was 13. We used to pray every day before my father went off to work, as a head teacher. We used to have breakfast together as a family. I’m the youngest of four children and afterwards we knelt by our chairs around the dining room table. We didn’t have to pray out loud, my dad did that. But it’s instilled into me a daily walk with Christ.

If you do that intermittently, or here and there or for a year, but then give up, then it probably doesn’t have a deep impact. But I have been able to do pray daily for over 40 plus years. It bears fruit over time and I have a deep sense of being loved by God and His grace.