When I retired I began to worship at Chelmsford Cathedral and as a result in the nine or so years
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.
My favourite hymns
I am tempted to list my fifty or even one hundred hymns. There are so many hymns which I enjoy
Continue readingTo what extent are our services of worship inviting
Earlier this month Caroline and I attended an amazing service in St Paul’s Cathedral. It was a service of dedication
Continue readingFailure is never final
“Not all failure is terminal”, wrote Emma Ineson in her book Failure: What Jesus said about sin, mistakes and messing
Continue readingWe are all thirsty
Just before Easter I received an email from a busy minister saying that my reflections on Maundy Thursday had been
Continue readingWorship leaders need to be more creative
As I have repeatedly written in some of my more recent books, ministers need to rediscover their role to be
Continue readingBooks for Today (April 2024)
Sadly since January I have had very few books to review. Nonetheless there are two which I wish to share:
Continue readingHere is love
I have just published my twenty-first book. Entitled Here is Love: Preaching at Weddings, it complements my previous book, There
Continue readingThe advantages and disadvantages of liturgical worship
Like any other Baptist minister, until I retired worship was always within a non-liturgical setting. Nonconformists do not have a
Continue readingDedication without Hope
At the beginning of April Caroline and I went up to London to see a performance of Nye at the
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