When Michael Faraday, the great scientist, lay dying, a friend asked him, “What are your speculations?” Gently Faraday replied: “Speculations?
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Notices are important, but where do we put them?
When I was a child, I attended a church where every Sunday all the forthcoming events of the week were
Continue readingAll badged up and ready to be known
Two months ago I welcomed five new members into my Rotary club – I gave each one a Rotary badge
Continue readingHow do we build relationships with people of other faiths?
The city of Chelmsford in which I live is overwhelmingly white, and overwhelmingly nominal Christian. There is, however, a small
Continue readingPsalm 116 and the Lord’s Supper
Consult most commentaries on Psalm 116 and there will no reference to the Lord’s Supper, and not surprisingly so for
Continue readingSinging Jerusalem ruins a Christian funeral
The other week I attended the funeral of a wonderful Christian lady. We began the service by singing the children’s
Continue readingTrust God even when hopes are unrealised
As a rule of thumb it takes time to see fruit for our ministry. Indeed, one of the findings of
Continue readingThe antidote to the epidemic of loneliness among older people
On the London underground trains there are posters sponsored by Age Concern which read: “Over 1 million older people haven’t
Continue readingThe challenge of Lamentations
The other Sunday morning I turned up for Breakfast with the Bible and discovered that the passage for the day
Continue readingWanted: Preachers with burning enthusiasm
The other morning I was reading from Acts 18 and was struck again by Luke’s comment that Apollos “spoke with
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