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?...

“Not another reunion, Ross!”   I happened to mention to my son-in-law that I am going to London this Monday for our annual Catz...

“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”  (Esther 4:14)   Timing is everything, and the way...

Beware of being plucked from obscurity by a talent show to international stardom. Few people can handle the pressure of celebrity,...

When you are warned that a powerful hurricane is just hours away, you react.  It seems that most Floridians took heed and wisely moved to...

Well here we are, in our hotel in what the locals call ‘le Boulevard du Crime,’ not an area of Paris we know very well and from its...