Category: Church Matters

Today I will be visiting my elderly impaired mother. Almost ninety-seven years of age, she suffers from macular degeneration and

The John Rylands Library on Manchester’s Deansgate is one of the great libraries of Britain and is full of wonderful

Much has been made of the so-called ‘discrepancies’ between the various Gospel accounts of the first Easter Day and the

Although the Gospels repeatedly tell us of times when Jesus withdrew to pray, for the most part we have no

By contrast with our distant American ‘cousins’, who tend to major on positivity, we Brits – together with our nearer

One thing I do not miss, now that I am retired from leading a church, is having to speak about

In recent years I have been greatly attracted to words attributed to Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon (France) around 200 AD:

Book of the Month Over the years I have read many books on church growth, but few have been so

‘You gotta have faith’ was the headline of a Sunday Times ‘Style’ article on the opening of L’oscar last year

Although retirement is a challenge for everybody, for retired ministers can be a particular challenge. For ministers, immediately upon retirement,