Birth or burglary
For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. When they say, […]
Month: April 2020
A squirrel named desire
I am sitting in remote cabin where I have gone for a week of prayer and writing. A squirrel has befriended me in […]
Gloucester Cathedral – poem
Gloucester Cathedral First Light draws back the covers on the building site we are all callingPilgrimrevealing an unscheduled Flower FestivalNo one saw it arriving or […]
With and beyond the Bible
In October 2018 a group of Bishops sent an open letter (1) to the Coordinating Group for the Living in Love and Faith project […]
Seeking the road much travelled
Just around the corner from where I used to live in Littleover, Derby, the road turns sharply, sloping steeply into a brief, […]
‘One of you is going to betray me’
Reflections on Judas ‘One of you is going to betray me …’ Jn 13.21ff. We are told they all looked […]
How would I know I am wrong?
First published in 2014 Apartheid and the Word With the death of Nelson Mandela stories of apartheid South Africa have been retold […]
Evangelicals, Bible and same-sex relationships
This piece was first written as a briefing paper for a Church of England House of Bishops Working Group on Human Sexuality. The outcome […]
Reflections on the Resurrection 6/6
‘He showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, […]
Reflections on the Resurrection 5/6
After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. […]