Category: Church Matters

In my twenties I thought that anybody over the age of 40 was old. From the perspective of ancient society,

I shall never forget visiting an elderly couple and asking ‘Who are your friends in the church?’ They began to

In the Lectionary of the Church of England Richard Baxter (17 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) is commemorated this

Good leadership of any church is vital. True, a church’s destiny ultimately is in God’s hands. But, in the short

Today is Corpus Christi, Latin for ‘the body of Christ’ and one of the biggest festivals of the Roman Catholic

Today, 24 May, is what Methodists call ‘Aldersgate Day’. It marks the day in 1738 when John Wesley experienced the

“All the believers were gathered together in one place” (2.1 GNB). Luke in Acts 1.15 speaks of there being “120”

Books of the month The Revised New Jerusalem Bible: New Testament and Psalms with study notes (Darton, Longman & Todd,

For many the Ascension belongs to the world of myth. “No doubt those who lived before Copernicus could believe that

One of my favourite hymns is Christopher Idle’s paraphrase of Psalm 18: “I love you, O Lord, you alone, my