Category: Church Matters

[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

In the Lectionary of the Church of England Richard Baxter (17 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) is commemorated this