17/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Life and faith, Talks and sermons 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, […]
17/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Life and faith, Talks and sermons 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 […]
16/04/202012/05/2021Personal stuff 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 […]
13/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Sexuality discussions 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 […]
13/04/202026/03/2022Life and faith 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, […]
13/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Cross ‘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 […]
13/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Sexuality discussions 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 […]
13/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Sexuality discussions 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 […]
13/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Resurrection 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, […]
13/04/202012/05/2021Bible and biblical, Resurrection 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. […]