Category: Church Matters

I am at the stage of life when I seem to be constantly writing letters of condolence to friends who

[In this blog I have drawn upon Hymns That Live (Hodder & Stoughton 2008) by Frank Colqhoun] In a recent

It was Arnold van Gennep, a French anthropologist, who in 1909 coined the phrase ‘rite of passage’. He noticed, as

The three major events of life – birth, marriage, and death – are marked by three traditional Christian rites of

I have just returned from visiting a care home. Every Tuesday afternoon, unless otherwise prevented, I go to see a

Book of the month The Hardest Part: A Centenary Critical Edition (SCM, London 2018. 231pp: £25) edited by Thomas O’Loughlin

I am excited, for my latest book, This Is My Story: A Story of Life, Faith, and Ministry (ISBN 13:

I confess that I have never been sporty – I only played for the school second XV.   But I have

In my twenties I thought that anybody over the age of 40 was old. From the perspective of ancient society,

I shall never forget visiting an elderly couple and asking ‘Who are your friends in the church?’ They began to