Ash WednesdayPreached to the Samford Peverell Mission Community, Devon. Reading: John 8:2-11 ‘… he came again to the temple. All the people came to him and he sat down and began to teach them. The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery; and making her stand before all of them, […]
Published in the Church of England Newspaper as part of a continuing discussion between Evangelicals in the Church of England … Not all Evangelicals think alike. The year I began ordination training I attended the Evangelical Anglican Congress at Nottingham (1977). NEAC remains one of the most exciting conferences I have ever been to. There, […]
I wrote these some years back when seeking a personal discipline when engaging with folk I have dis-agreements. I have no problem at the thought that Christians might deeply disagree at times – it is the way we manage our disputes that is at issue. I accept with gratitude the call to live my life […]
Sermon preached at the ordination Sue and Alison as priests. St Michael and All Angels 28th September, 2020.Holy Trinity, Westward Ho! Exeter Diocese. ‘… we have such a hope, we are very bold.[for] We with unveiled faces are seeing the glory of the Lord …. displayed in the face of Christ.’ 2 Cor 3.4-5,12-18&4.1-7 I […]
From the back cover Does the Bible really condemn same-sex relationships?Many Christians wrestle with this question. Here, in his compassionate, cogent book, David Runcorn outlines how someone can support same-sex relationships on the basis of the Bible, not in spite of it.The church, in every time and place, finds itself working out the shock and […]
My new book: Love means Love – same-sex relationships and the Bible (SPCK) is now published. And given the sensitivities around this subject I share here why I have written it and who it is written for. I have written it because I have come to believe that committed same-sex expressions of love may be found […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePuPl1FDRM&feature=youtu.be This is the text of a presentation I have given to several zoom events to mark the publication of my new book Love means Love – same sex relationships and the Bible (SPCK). You can find more information about the book here on these web pages. But let me start with a story. Four […]
When we were first told to stay at home, networks, organisations and individuals from the worlds of spirituality and meditation began posting resources and advice on the themes of solitude, silence and stillness etc. For a captive audience, here was neglected wisdom for our noisy, compulsively overactive world. Familiar stories and sayings did the rounds. […]
Acoss the slow, sunlit mornings of this lovely Spring I have officed in the garden. There I write, read and pray. ‘Lord, teach us what is ours to do’. Well this is mine, I sense, while these days last. The garden, simply gift. As human noise and activity has withdrawn, much else is drawing nearer […]
Come before the winter next my love,before the frost traps fern fronds on the panebefore the world flies south to keep alivebefore the winds grow wildaround this fragile hopeand freeze its heart for well you knowthere are no sheltersfor a prayer caught lateupon the winter of a soul amidst the turning I will waitbefore the winter next […]