Category: Church Matters

With civil partnerships and gay marriage making the headlines, the common assumption seems to be that same sex friendships are

One of the great privileges of being the pastor of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford, is that almost every Sunday we

Ministers can be appalling correspondents. Experience has taught me that as a rule of thumb at least 25% of ministers

This year I thought I would do something in Lent for my seven grandchildren. I began with the intention of

My first and last health check as a minister took place over forty years ago – just before I went

 Underneath the headline ‘We are born to believe in God’ there was an article in The Sunday Times which began::

When I step down from leading the church here in Chelmsford, the likelihood is that my successor will need to

To my surprise and delight this Christmas I was given a beautiful Victorian ‘prie-dieu’. ‘What’s a prie-dieu?’, you may ask.

At our staff Christmas lunch ‘Secret Santa’ gave me a collection of 365 ‘pick-me-ups’ to help me have ‘a really

Normally when my head hits the pillow, I fall fast asleep. And for that I am grateful. However, sleep doesn’t