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• Identity Theft

  

  A review of ‘Hitler’s forgotten children’ by Ingrid von OelhafenEvery once in a while you think you have heard the most grotesque and bizarre extremes of... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Dad Story

  Something for father’s dayLike Mothering Sunday, Father’s Day can be fraught with all kinds of complications when it comes to a Sunday service. Maybe the best... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• What Your Icons Say About You?

  

  A new addition to the desktopLong ago, before computers were part of our everyday lives, an icon was a word we associated with religion in general and Orthodox... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• F Ewer v Wels Nd m Re l d

  

  The #MissingType campaignOf course, the title of this blog post should read ‘fewer vowels and more blood’.  The omission of every ‘o’ ‘a’ and ‘b’ makes it... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Preacher’s Paint Box

  

  Ideas on preaching from the Christian Resources ExhibitionLast month I gave a seminar at the Christian Resources exhibition on the ‘Preacher’s paint box’. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Deaths ‘n That

  

  A review of ‘Death’s summer coat’ by Brandy ShillaceAmongst the most unusual questions I have ever been asked as a Baptist Minister is whether or not I “do... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Prayer Spotting

  The hunt for answersIn our evening services over the past couple of months, we have been looking at some pf the problems with praying. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Cross Words

  

  Of angels and crossesLet us suppose for a moment that you could liberate Anthony Gormley’s spectacular ‘Angel of the North’ from its site outside Gateshead. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• No Holy Spirit Day

  

  A sermon for PentecostJust before yesterday morning’s service, somebody asked me how I felt about preaching on the great festivals. I confessed that I found it... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Missing the Point

  

  The cult of selfI have just returned from the captivatingly beautiful city of Venice. Everywhere you look there are magnificent vistas and little corners of... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Porcine Quadruped in a Small Drawstring Bag…

  

  … or a pig in a poke, as we used to call itEarlier this morning I was offered a playing card-sized pack of blank cards in a special presentation box in a... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• #richard100 Update

  

  A word from the roadsideAs some will have read last week, I am about to embark on the biggest physical challenge I have ever undertaken: cycling 100 miles aroun... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• If Words Were Calories…

  

  A review of Word Drops by Paul Anthony JonesIf words were calories, this book would have you breaking the scales. To support my outrageous claim I refer you to... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• In Praise of the Talking Shop

  

  Reflections on the London ConsultationUkraine is a bloody and unholy mess, with over 1 million internally displaced persons and abuses of every kind wrought upo... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• #flashprayer

  

  A new place for prayer?When the flash fiction movement was born, I embraced it with great enthusiasm. When its cousin, flash-point fiction,came on the scene, I... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• #Richard100 Rides Again

  

  This time its for Tommy’sClick, click, click, tap – just like that it was done. A few clicks later and I was registered for my place in the Prudential Ride... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Breathing Space

  Social interaction writ largeWhen we had the first truly warm of Spring last week, somebody tweeted ‘on behalf of the internet':Leave your computer alone, come... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Preaching as Refraction

  

  Strong light and weak glassThere’s an awful lot of the science I learnt at school which I have forgotten, for which I apologise profusely to Mr Berrington, my... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Preaching as Community Learning

  

  Interactive insightsWhenever I am training preachers, one of the things I talk about is the need for every preacher not only to provide inspiration for the... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Not Quite Journey’s End

  

  …but closeSome time in the 16th Century a poor pilgrim dropped his badge within the precincts of Hythe Abbey, Winchester. It wasn’t much of a badge – just... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2015 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY