Author: Paul Beasley-Murray

Prayers, like Scripture, often come alive in a particular context. One such prayer is the so-called serenity prayer written by

Of all the seven deadly sins, sloth’ is the most archaic of names. The dictionary defines sloth as ‘laziness, indolence’.

Anger is not necessarily wrong. Righteous anger, directed against some form of evil, may well be Christian love in operation.

Jesus had some strong words to say about lust: “everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed

Courtesy of American Express, Mastercard and Visa covetousness is now made easy. In the words of one advertising slogan, credit

Ever since the time of Cain and Abel envy has been with us. To paraphrase the words of the Apostle

Traditionally pride has been considered the basic form of sin. According to Theophylact, an 11th century theologian, pride is “the

Let’s recognise that senior adults have as much worth as people at any other stage of life. Julia Neuberger, the

The challenge all churches face is not just to attract worshippers, but to keep worshippers. How do we keep, and

Compassion, it has been said, is “the cardinal virtue of the Christian pastoral tradition”.   Christian pastors by definition are compassionate