However gifted and skilled ministers may be, however hard-working and committed they may be, ultimately they are dependent upon the
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Loving later life
In March 2014 I retired – or at least I retired from stipendiary ministry. Fifteen months later I thought I
Continue readingGod is at work in Sri Lanka
Just before Easter I spent ten days in Sri Lanka as the guest of the Colombo Theological Seminary, an evangelical
Continue readingWorship is truly awesome
Worship is the occasion when we men and women become truly alive; when we humans made in the image of
Continue readingWinners and how they succeed
Knowing that I would have an eleven hour flight to Sri Lanka, I decided to buy myself a copy of
Continue readingThere is a time to stand down
In most churches there is a limit to how long anybody can be a lay leader in the church. Many
Continue readingWho is my neighbour?
With great interest and a good deal of surprise I have read Who is my neighbour? A letter from the
Continue readingEaster – God’s ‘mega’ event
When Jesus rose from the dead, there was “a great earthquake” (Matt 28.2). No doubt like the earthquake that accompanied
Continue readingA hymn for meditation on Maundy Thursday
After the meal in the Upper Room Jesus and disciples “sang a hymn and went out to the Mount of
Continue readingLove is always extravagant: a meditation for Holy Week
When love is in the air the message of the florist is “Say it with flowers”. Mary, however, said it
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