“If God is dead,” mused Fyodor Dostoyevsky, “then everything is permitted.” (Actually, I now find out he didn’t say that – only that...

Two talks in the next three days – very similar but at the same time, very different. I look forward to both. First, later this...

Just about to get up this morning– and the phone goes. Who can this be at this time? I take a deep breath to be greeted by a recorded...

Early start this morning for the London train. So you will have to read this quickly. We are heading for the Southbank Centre where...

This morning’s lead on the BBC news website: “Ukraine crisis: Hollande and Merkel in key truce talks in Moscow.” We wish them well. I...

Currency is hugely important and not just for economic reasons. Jesus could see this as he challenged his Pharisee opponents to produce...

Greetings from Saga City! So here I am typing this blog overlooking the pool, sitting in the shade so I can see my iPad screen. There are...

Is this incredible universe we inhabit potatoes or peas? This Monday Jacqui and I went to see “The Theory of Everything”, the...

Just three men. The atrocity at the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris has traumatized a nation and shocked the world. The headline in...

I guess the knack for ministry (and for life) is when things go wrong, use the opportunity. The Sunday following Christmas is usually...

Blown away this Tuesday, not by the wind but by Turner. I’m under significant pressure at the moment – Christmas, of course, as well as...

“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.” I came across this wonderful quote from...

Our Christmas tree is now up and decorated. This is as a direct consequence of a daughter with two grandchildren in residence for a...

A tale of two hospitals. Late yesterday afternoon I received a phone call from son-in-law John. Debs’ contractions were such that they...

The most difficult phrase in the English language to pronounce: “I'm sorry.” And for the now discredited ex-Chief Whip, Andrew...

Now in just seven years, very much part of our Christmas tradition: the Christmas advert. Heralded from afar, critically examined and...

“At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.” But how? Here in Aughton this Sunday we have two civic...

On reflection, as I start out on this week’s exciting blog - a change of subject. I had planned to write about Halloween, how this...

Great cartoon in this morning’s Daily Mail . A couple are seen walking past a store emblazoned with the logo "Tesco: Best Before 2014"....