Category: Church Matters

In Chester Cathedral there is an old clock with the following inscription: When as a child I laughed and wept,

The other day I had to have a tooth out – but thank God, before the dentist yanked it out,

Last week my friend John died – and tomorrow I shall be going to his funeral in Gloucestershire. Alas the

I have just returned from a visit to China, where I was teaching at the Wuhan Seminary in the Central

As Marie Antoinette, the wife of King Louis XVI of France, approached the guillotine, she accidentally stepped on the foot

For part of my time as a student I lived in college ‘digs’. In those days students didn’t enjoy ensuite

Growing older has its compensations – not least if it involves having grandchildren! Certainly one of the most rewarding developments

The autumn has come and yet again we have embarked upon another Alpha course – if my records are correct,

Every autumn our leadership team goes for a weekend away to Pleshey, a beautiful Essex village, which still retains its

Expectations at death vary enormously. I have just had dealings with a very ‘loud’ non-church family whose loved one had