It’s not just ParkRun that inspires enthusiasts to travel the length and breadth of the country (and beyond) for their Saturday morning...

So it’s Clapham Common tomorrow – if all goes to plan, DV. Sadly, that’s another C. I’ve already done Crosby (28x), Croxteth Hall (2x)...

It’s here we give up in our resolve to read the Bible from cover to cover   We start strong—Genesis is full of fascinating stories as God...

This blog comes from where there are more Michelin stars per head than anywhere else on the planet!  I know this because this is how Evan...

Standing in a long queue at the park café, I quickly tapped my phone on the card reader to pay with Google Pay. Nothing happened. Panic...

There’s one commandment of Jesus that few Christians take seriously—and even fewer fully obey, including myself   We’re in central...

The basic problem, it would seem, is that it is too easy to sin.   This morning, I was struck by the disparity between what I read in the...

As I sit to write this blog, there’s an elephant in the room, a particularly big one.  And there is no way I can ignore it.  So here...

Storm Éowyn has arrived!  As I sit down to write this blog, looking out I can see the huge beech tree opposite swaying, battered by the...

Here we have Jesus at his most radical:  “And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.”  We may not...

So here we are in Tenerife for our annual vitamin-D fix. Lots of winter sunshine and seafront walks under blue skies and gently cooling...

Mind you, the church has always been in a mess -  particularly and especially  when it thinks it’s doing okay.   You probably didn’t read...

One of my main ministries in life is to remind people when it is Friday.     In fact, Stephen in his days as an airline pilot flying...

Above all, Christmas is a season of music.    Even our supermarkets sing the much-loved carols as they take in our cash. For even as...

“How pulchritudinous on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news!”   That’s my translation of Isaiah’s famous prophecy,...

A moment of confusion as I visited the printers to pick up some leaflets.  On arrival I was ushered straight past reception to face one...

"None of us have the right to tell another how much suffering they can and should bear.”  This quote from Baroness Wheeler goes to the...

I’m beginning to worry about my relationship with Alexa:  I think we are getting too close.   This is especially so since we have linked...

“I believe that stepping aside is in the best interests of the Church of England, which I dearly love and which I have been honoured to...

“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous,” mused Albert Einstein.  But actually, what are coincidences and how does God use them?...