Today’s blog is different, for this week the theme is not Church Matters, but Family Matters. For tomorrow Caroline begins
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.
Ending well
“Everything has to come to an end, sometime”. So wrote Frank Bauman in The Marvelous Land of Oz, a sequel
Continue readingA souvenir programme makes all the difference to a Covid funeral
My first experience of taking a funeral in ‘lockdown’ was in July. It was a graveside service with only twenty
Continue readingBooks for Today – November 2020
My book of the month is Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times (Hodder & Stoughton,
Continue readingIntolerance works both ways
In his book, A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal (SPCK, London 2019) Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal
Continue readingVolunteers need proper appreciation
If we want to get the best from volunteers in our churches, then appreciation is what is required.
Continue readingAccompany them with singing: the drama of a Christian funeral
I have recently read with great interest a highly stimulating guide to funerals by Thomas G. Long, a Professor of
Continue readingThe joy of congregational singing
Christian worship, declared Karl Barth, “is the most momentous, the most urgent, the most glorious action that can take place
Continue readingNot I but the grace of God
Chelmsford Cathedral – 50th anniversary of ordination (1 Sam 7.12; 1 Cor 15.10; John 15.5) NOT I BUT THE GRACE
Continue readingNot I but the grace of God
On Sunday 11 October there will be special service of Evensong in Chelmsford Cathedral to mark the fiftieth anniversary of
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