Covid has made us all very aware of the limitations of planning. Over the last two years so many things
Continue readingAuthor: Paul Beasley-Murray
Paul is the chairman of Ministry Today, as also the College of Baptist Ministers, and from 1993 – 2014 was Senior Minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford. He can be contacted at paul@paulbeasleymurray.com.
Everybody has a story to tell – but how you tell it makes a difference
“How could you live and have no story to tell?” declared the Russian novelist Fydor Doestevsky. Or in the more
Continue readingBlessing those who do not take the bread
The other Sunday morning the distribution of the bread at Chelmsford Cathedral took a little longer than normal. Pre-pandemic we
Continue readingTeam players for Christ
For those who follow the Revised Common Lectionary, yesterday was ‘The feast of Timothy and Titus’. It is the day
Continue readingBooks for Today – January 2022
The Quiet Haven: An anthology of readings on death and heaven (DLT, London 2021. 144pp: £12.99 hard back) compiled by
Continue readingThank God for books – and the printed word
From my earliest beginnings books have had a special place in my life. Born during the Second World War –
Continue readingBaptism – a moment when Jesus and we find our true identity
Who is this Jesus, whose baptism we celebrate this time of the year? Who is this Jesus by whose birth
Continue readingCount Your Blessings
When I was a child, we used to sing the old chorus: Count your blessings, name them one by one
Continue readingAnd they called him… Josh?
Earlier this autumn I was welcoming back to church a Filipino family. Prior to the pandemic they had been regular
Continue readingChristmas is good news for all
As regular readers of my blog will be aware, for the last three weeks I have taken the liberty of
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