Last week, I called into the opticians to choose some new spectacle frames. Confronted with racks of frames which from a distance all looked roughly the same conforming to the current style, the assistant asked: ‘What are you looking for?’… Continue Reading
In the Spirit, Ezekiel finds himself in a valley full of dry bones. It could have been the site of a terrible battle after which the corpses had never been buried or a place of genocide. The bones are very… Continue Reading
Cars and vans, buses and taxis, trains and planes. They all come in for much criticism. They are noisy and polluting. They gobble up the earth’s resources and nobody wants them in their own back yard, yet we would be… Continue Reading
Do you have any friends in high places? Are you on speaking terms with anyone who is a well-known figure, somebody with a media profile? I don’t think I do other than some people whose names are familiar in church… Continue Reading
What came first? The chicken or the egg? That’s an old chestnut of a question which always fascinates us. It continues to be asked in a very sophisticated way by scientists in the fields of astrophysics and evolution but is… Continue Reading
In the bible, which do you prefer; old or new testament? My guess would be that the majority prefer the new testament. In many ways, that is as it should be. It is the message of the new testament derived… Continue Reading
Family Worship Whilst talking with some of our youth the other day they were saying that they would like to get to know more about the different members of the church, so they can get to know us all a… Continue Reading
Jesus is the vine John 15:1-8 As some of you may be aware my calling to the priesthood was not one that I particularly relished. My mother was a Methodist local preacher (a bit like an Anglican reader) when I… Continue Reading
An interesting book has recently been published entitled ‘What did Jesus Look Like?’ (Joan Taylor, Bloomsbury). What do you think he looked like? What image comes into your mind when you recollect Jesus’ physical appearance? Does he have a beard?… Continue Reading
‘Oh, to be in England Now that April’s there,’ So, wrote Robert Browning in his poem ‘Home Thoughts from Abroad’. He writes as a homesick traveller longing for the bird song and the blossom which mark the arrival of springtime… Continue Reading