Next Sunday is Whitsunday, now often known by its Jewish name of Pentecost, it was often now as Whitsunday –
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The Ascended Christ is the Christ in Glory
On this Ascension Day I want to write about the huge sculpture of the Christ in Glory which is suspended
Continue readingBooks for Today – May 2022
Produced in association with the Faraday Institute for Science & Religion and their youth & schools’ team, God Made The
Continue readingWelcoming revisited
Writing a blog can be dangerous. No sooner had I written a blog on ‘welcoming churches’ than I found myself
Continue readingCompetence revisited
Competence continues to be a buzz word, so I thought I would have another go at writing on the theme.
Continue readingLife through death
I thank God I wasn’t born a mute. I can think of no worse fate than not being able to
Continue readingGlory to Jesus! A resurrection doxology
In 1974, just before she died, American poet Anne Sexton wrote a poem about playing poker with God: We squat
Continue readingExamine the women’s claim: a sermon preached at an Easter baptismal service
Sherlock Holmes declared, “When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth”. In the normal
Continue readingOur new life in Jesus is rooted in baptism
Recently I was asked to give a presentation on Romans 6-8 under the title ‘New Life in Jesus’. As I
Continue readingSeven aspects of the ‘new creation’
Years ago one of my boys went on tour of the Middle East with Rick Wakeman, the rock composer and
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