Category: Church Matters

Many churches have given up on praying for others. The more contemporary the worship, the more likely it seems that

True worship is first and foremost doxological – at its every heart worship is about giving God the glory (doxa

In my early ministry I had two short exchange pastorates in the USA – the first at Buffalo Lick Baptist

In this week’s blog I want to reflect on the findings of Sarah Lawrence, whose book A Rite on the

Book of the month My book of the month is The Essential Guide to Family Ministry (BRF, Abingdon 2020. 175pp:

Over the years I have argued extensively on the need for leadership in the church. For instance, in the opening

In the ancient Graeco-Roman world people at every level were obsessed with collecting honorary and official titles. They wanted their

As followers of this blog will know, I host and run a fellowship group in Chelmsford Cathedral. It wasn’t something

Some people are childless by choice. To my surprise I discovered that 20% of American women are in that category.

In a way I have never known before, Britain has become a bitterly divided country, and whatever the outcome of