My experience of the Bible is that time and again words leap out of the page with new significance and
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The laughter of heaven
Recently I was struck by one of the Beatitudes in Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Mount. For in
Continue readingWe are pilgrims on a journey
As I wrote in Living out the Call: Book One – Living for God’s Glory, “There is in the Christian
Continue readingBooks for Today – January 2021
Book of the month For 40 + years many preachers have relied upon the commentaries in IVP’s The Bible Speaks
Continue readingHow will churches emerge from COVID-19?
I have just looked at the latest set of church statistics and they make for sobering reading – and they
Continue readingIn spite of Covid-19 even the retired can set goals
The other week I wrote to a friend: “I have been wondering how God would have me serve him in
Continue readingThe epiphany of Grace
Last week we looked at the epiphany of Christ, and the way in which Paul described his appearing in 2
Continue readingThe epiphany of Christ
Epiphany, traditionally January 6th, is the day in the church’s year when the ‘appearance’ of God to the world in
Continue readingMy mother has died
On Monday morning 1st December the phone went at 2.30. It was a nurse informing me that my 98-year-old mother
Continue readingCaroline is beginning her next adventure
Today’s blog is different, for this week the theme is not Church Matters, but Family Matters. For tomorrow Caroline begins
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