Fascinating article in this week’s Economist. If – like grumpy old me – you thought that today’s young people were all drugs, sex and...

The Three Dancers” for half an hour to see what would happen. I learnt this way of looking at paintings from Henri Nouwen, which he...

28 June, 1914. We mark the centenary tomorrow. The assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his wife by Gavrilo...

“Don’t cry, Kai. If Italy beat Costa Rica today… then Suarez & Co lose to Italy.. and Daddy scores a couple (or maybe more) against...

Clive was a character, a one-off, whose life we celebrate later today in his thanksgiving service. For many of us a daily visit to the...

Thanks to modern technology and an over-conscientious work ethic, this blog comes to you from a remote valley in Bohemia. Jacqui and I...

Early morning, 6thJune. “Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will...

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...