Category: Church Matters

There are friendships and friendships. With this in mind we began our 2014 Christmas letter with these words: “‘There comes

The origins of kissing are uncertain. Some argue that it is simply instinctive; others that it originates from so-called ‘kiss

Last night we had a great AGM – we had done all the ‘business’, if business be the word, by

In a Baptist context baptismal services are normally wonderfully exciting occasions. But when I was at Cambridge as a student,

If the local paper is to be believed, most people in Chelmsford do not approve of the Council’s recent decision

One of the oddities of ministerial life is that although as far as the Inland Revenue is concerned we ministers

The other day when I visited my 92 year-old mother we talked about one of the hymns she would like

Next March I will have completed 21 years as the senior minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford. Needless to say,

Preaching about money – and in particular preaching about giving money to the church – is more risky than walking

My blog this week takes the form of an appeal for sponsorship which I have out to many of my