Never assume. One of the most important lessons in ministry, usually painfully learned, is to not to make assumptions about people. ...

We were delighted to find a plaque. And so our American visitors, Dave Johnson from Christ Church Charlottesville along with his...

“And the most attractive quality of a speaker,” writes Rick Warren, “is authenticity.” He continues: “Credibility is a preacher’s...

For the first time in 40 years I am saying he/him rather than the default she/her. It’s not easy. Even yesterday when I held newborn...

“God bless Adam and his family, even though he’s a *.” So prayed the unemployed and unemployable inadequate Colin in the final episode...

"We need to end the season on a high. We want to finish by winning all of our games. We'll do everything we possibly can to make that...

Today Good Friday; for me, the busiest day of the year. 10.00 Cottage Lane Mission; 11.30 procession of witness; 12 noon open air...

“Slow down! This is not a race, just a run in the park.” I had to keep on reminding myself, as I ran in my first Ormskirk 5k park run...

A moving testimony to God's faithfulness embedded in this week’s notices. I have written before about baby Henry Dalgoutte diagnosed...

Once this blog has been dispatched, I walk to church for morning prayers. A sad occasion, as this will be the last time Phil Weston will...

There couldn’t have been a greater contrast. One building, looking very much like a church, saying it wasn’t. Another building looking...

Early start today. Breakfast in Aughton; lunch in Copenhagen. At least, that’s the plan. Not that our plans always work out. You can...

A spare tyre means, if I can quote Maya Angelou completely out of context, “hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised...

A new view awaits me as I sit down to write this blog. Facing me, on the street light on opposite side of Swanpool Lane, is a speed...

Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) That sav'd a wretch like me! This Monday Jacqui and I went to the sofa cinema at Fact, Liverpool,...

I just managed to catch the 17.07 to Lime Street from Euston. At 17.27 the Virgin tweet appeared in dramatic block capitals. "NEW: ALL...

This blog comes to you thanks to imigran, from the laboratories of GlaxoSmithKline, for which I praise God. At about 5.00 am this...

This Monday I had just returned from an early morning run while it was still cool. I found myself sharing the small lift with a man about...

Q How do you damage, even destroy, a church? A Give it a £1million. That’s what happened to a friend’s church – not in...

Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts faint and knees tremble, all loins quake, all faces grow pale! This week it’s Nahum...