Category: Church Matters

Two years ago today I took my mother’s funeral service at Brighton’s Woodvale Crematorium. We were in the middle of

This coming Sunday – the second Sunday in Advent – used to be celebrated as Bible Sunday in the UK.

Traditionally the third Sunday in Advent has been associated with the ministry of the church. So for instance in The

On purely rational grounds there is a lot to be said for taking a break from work. However, there are

Book of the month My best read this month is A Holocaust Legacy (Chiselbury 2023. 238pp: £22) by Kenneth Wolfe,

Every year on Remembrance Sunday we have an opportunity to pray for our nation. Precisely how we do so is

For those who follow the church year, All Saints Day is the occasion when we celebrate the saints of God

Next Tuesday Lutherans and many other Christians too will celebrate Reformation Day, the day when Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five

On 17 November 1957 I was baptised. The youngest of the twelve candidates, I was thirteen and a half years

Last Spring Caroline and I were on Cunard’s Queen Mary Two. Every sea-day I was part of a Christian prayer