Category: Church Matters

My first experience of taking a funeral in ‘lockdown’ was in July. It was a graveside service with only twenty

My book of the month is Love is the Way: Holding on to Hope in Troubling Times (Hodder & Stoughton,

In his book, A Better Ambition: Confessions of a Faithful Liberal (SPCK, London 2019) Tim Farron, leader of the Liberal

If we want to get the best from volunteers in our churches, then appreciation is what is required.

I have recently read with great interest a highly stimulating guide to funerals by Thomas G. Long, a Professor of

Christian worship, declared Karl Barth, “is the most momentous, the most urgent, the most glorious action that can take place

On Sunday 11 October there will be special service of Evensong in Chelmsford Cathedral to mark the fiftieth anniversary of

When not preaching away, I have enjoyed being an ordinary ‘punter’ on a Sunday at Chelmsford Cathedral, which in my

My latest book, Fifty Lessons in Ministry: Reflections after Fifty Years in Ministry has recently been published by Darton, Longman

My latest book, Fifty Lessons in Ministry: Reflections after Fifty Years in Ministry has recently been published by Darton, Longman