The three major events of life – birth, marriage, and death – are marked by three traditional Christian rites of
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Contentment has to be learned
I have just returned from visiting a care home. Every Tuesday afternoon, unless otherwise prevented, I go to see a
Continue readingBooks for Today – July 2018
Book of the month The Hardest Part: A Centenary Critical Edition (SCM, London 2018. 231pp: £25) edited by Thomas O’Loughlin
Continue readingMinistry convictions – a taster of This is My Story
I am excited, for my latest book, This Is My Story: A Story of Life, Faith, and Ministry (ISBN 13:
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I confess that I have never been sporty – I only played for the school second XV. But I have
Continue readingGrowing older
In my twenties I thought that anybody over the age of 40 was old. From the perspective of ancient society,
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I shall never forget visiting an elderly couple and asking ‘Who are your friends in the church?’ They began to
Continue readingWisdom from Richard Baxer
In the Lectionary of the Church of England Richard Baxter (17 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) is commemorated this
Continue readingGood leadership helps a church to grow
Good leadership of any church is vital. True, a church’s destiny ultimately is in God’s hands. But, in the short
Continue readingCelebrating Corpus Christi
Today is Corpus Christi, Latin for ‘the body of Christ’ and one of the biggest festivals of the Roman Catholic
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