Category: Church Matters

Entering New Territory is the title I have given to my report on the experience of retired Baptist ministers who

In a recent survey of Baptist ministers now in their retirement worshipping in Anglican churches, I asked the question: ‘How

In a booklet for people preparing for baptism I wrote: Baptism is a dramatic way of declaring that we belong

Retired and inspired: making the most of our latter years (BRF. Abingdon, 2019. 143pp: £8.99) by Wendy Billington, a former

Today I will be visiting my elderly impaired mother. Almost ninety-seven years of age, she suffers from macular degeneration and

The John Rylands Library on Manchester’s Deansgate is one of the great libraries of Britain and is full of wonderful

Much has been made of the so-called ‘discrepancies’ between the various Gospel accounts of the first Easter Day and the

Although the Gospels repeatedly tell us of times when Jesus withdrew to pray, for the most part we have no

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