I have just looked at the latest set of church statistics and they make for sobering reading – and they
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.
In spite of Covid-19 even the retired can set goals
The other week I wrote to a friend: “I have been wondering how God would have me serve him in
Continue readingThe epiphany of Grace
Last week we looked at the epiphany of Christ, and the way in which Paul described his appearing in 2
Continue readingThe epiphany of Christ
Epiphany, traditionally January 6th, is the day in the church’s year when the ‘appearance’ of God to the world in
Continue readingChrist gives gifts to his church
CHRIST GIVES GIFTS TO HIS CHURCH: CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL: BREAKFAST WITH THE BIBLE. SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER 2020 (‘THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT’)
Continue readingMy mother has died
On Monday morning 1st December the phone went at 2.30. It was a nurse informing me that my 98-year-old mother
Continue readingCaroline is beginning her next adventure
Today’s blog is different, for this week the theme is not Church Matters, but Family Matters. For tomorrow Caroline begins
Continue readingEnding 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,
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