Author: Paul Beasley-Murray

I love Chester. With its ancient city walls and medieval rows, it’s a beautiful place to visit. What’s more, it

This Christmas, as every Christmas, our family will gather around the Christmas tree for the opening of the presents. This

Introduction Two years ago today I took my mother’s funeral service at Brighton’s Woodvale Crematorium. We were in the middle

This coming Sunday – the second Sunday in Advent – used to be celebrated as Bible Sunday in the UK.

During lockdown, when congregations were meeting virtually, sermons were noticeably shorter. According to Scott McConnell, executive-director of Nashville-based LifeWay Research,

Traditionally the third Sunday in Advent has been associated with the ministry of the church. So for instance in the

Appointments with Bonhoeffer: Personal Faith and Public Responsibility in a Fragmenting World (T & T Clark, London 2022. Hardback 203pp:

The National Service of Remembrance, held at The Cenotaph in Whitehall  always takes place on the Sunday nearest to 11

“But how could you live and have no story to tell?” wrote Fyodor Dostoevsky in The White Knights. Not that

As a young teenager I loved listening to classical music. One of my favourite records was a recording of Brahms