Category: Church Matters

Following the celebration of Pentecost last Sunday, for six weeks my blogs will feature reflections on John’s account of the

At Pentecost God poured out his Spirit in a totally strange, inexplicable, indeed miraculous manner. Luke’s account of the coming

In his ‘Revelation’ in which John set out his vision of how through Christ the Lord God will totally defeat

I am fascinated  by Paul’s sermon to the court of Areopagus and for the innovative way in which he sought

I feel sorry for Thomas. Time and again he has had a bad press for being slow to believe that

The book I would most wish to recommend is Lydia (Hodder & Stoughton, London 2022. 324pp: £16.99) by Paula Gooder,

The churches of the UK are in freefall. For years membership, however that has been defined, has been in decline.

The other day I came across an old email chain relating to a comment on resurrection said to have been

Psalm 118 is the last of the ‘Hallel’ psalms. For the Jews of Jesus’ day it was a psalm to

That first Palm Sunday must have been wonderfully exciting for the friends of Jesus. For Jesus came riding into Jerusalem