Last month Caroline away along with other members of Chelmsford Cathedral, which where since retirement I worship, we said goodbye
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Books for Today – January
To Inclusion and Beyond: Evangelical and affirming LGBTQ+ relationships and equal marriage (Staten House, New York 2024. 200pp: £4.99 on
Continue readingO come let us adore him
Today churches up and down the land as also in many other parts of the world will be singing that
Continue readingRejoice in the Lord always
In the blog written for the First Sunday of Advent we looked at the hymn, ‘Joy to the world the
Continue readingInviting people to the Lord’s Table as they journey through this life
Whereas in the more liturgical churches the invitation to share in the Eucharist otherwise known as Holy Communion, or what
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Next Sunday Advent begins, and in many churches congregations will be singing that glorious Advent hymn by Isaac Watts, “Joy
Continue readingAssisted dying can never be right
This autumn assisted dying is very much a hot topic in the UK. The ‘Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults’
Continue readingBooks for Today – November 2024
Anglicanism’s Impossible Dream (SCM, London 2024. 197pp: £19.99) by Charlie Bell, a Fellow in Medicine & Theology and Girton College,
Continue readingPruning is vital if the church is to be effective
In our home we have a very large garden, both at the front and the back of the house. Trees
Continue readingDyeing my hair pink for the dying
On 13 January 2013 eighteen-year-old Jonathan Whiffin, a young person at Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford, died on 13 January 2002,
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