In this series of reflections based on Stephen Cottrell’s seminal book, On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards, this
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Called to be Servants
Ministers are by definition ‘servants’ – servants of Christ and servants for Christ’s sake of others – for the very
Continue readingBooks for Today – July 2020
My book of the month is Where is God in a Coronavirus World? (The Good Book Company, Epsom 2020. 64pp:
Continue readingThe Lord blesses
This is my third reflection on Stephen Cottrell’s thought-provoking book, On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards (read the
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This is the second of a series of reflections which have been stimulated by my reading Stephen Cottrell’s recently published
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I have just read with great profit On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers and Sentinels (Hodder & Stoughton, London 2020. 177pp:
Continue readingAll our heroes have feet of clay
The older I get, the more difficult I find it not to be cynical about other people. I would imagine
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time to increase the ‘R’ number
Every day Caroline and I watch the daily government briefing on the pandemic, and every day mention is made of
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time for extroverts to work their shadow side
“There’s never been a better time to be an introvert”, wrote Marie Le Conte, a free-lance journalist based in London.
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time to sit light to our diaries
I’m a great believer in planning. Indeed, there is Biblical precedent for planning. According to the Book of Proverbs, it
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