Category: Church Matters

By contrast with our distant American ‘cousins’, who tend to major on positivity, we Brits – together with our nearer

One thing I do not miss, now that I am retired from leading a church, is having to speak about

In recent years I have been greatly attracted to words attributed to Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon (France) around 200 AD:

Book of the Month Over the years I have read many books on church growth, but few have been so

‘You gotta have faith’ was the headline of a Sunday Times ‘Style’ article on the opening of L’oscar last year

Although retirement is a challenge for everybody, for retired ministers can be a particular challenge. For ministers, immediately upon retirement,

“Give attention to the public reading of the Scripture” (1 Tim 4.13), wrote Paul to Timothy, and with good reason.

I have just returned from a funeral of a good man who had filled his long life with many worthwhile

The other Sunday I heard a head teacher speak about a new diary which had been given to her –

Godly leadership should have nothing to do with the pursuit of power – instead it should have everything to do