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LATEST ARTICLES ( 623 )

• More Than Poppies

  

  Remembering as a wider act Like many colleagues in ministry I shall tread the tightrope of remembrance today. I shall try my best neither to tread on the side o... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Bless This Mess

  

  The productivity phoenix I am writing this in the middle of a very messy desk. Around me is the debris of a planning session on next quarter’s preaching... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Giant in Lilliput

  

  Learning from Obama Along with about half the world, I sat on the edge of my sofa this morning to witness Barack Obama give his victory speech in Chicago. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: 'Life of Pi' by Yann Martel

  

  More than 3.14 One year after his epic poetic adventure ‘Life of Pi’ was published, author Yann Martel said the following in an interview about it: “I was sort... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 BOOKS, CULTURE, RELIGION

• Just a Minute

  Our little planet In a few moments I will be preaching here in church. As I do so, the advice of my old homiletics teacher will doubtless ring in my mind:... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Checkmate

  

  One more move Until this week I had never heard of Friedrich Moritz August Retzsch, nor of his paintings. Since then, I have found numerous versions of the stor... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Saints in Your Pocket

  

  Coining a phase Today (as mentioned in yesterday’s post) is All Saints Day. This is a good day to look back over the past year and remember those who are no... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Night Before…

  

  On partying before the main event Its getting a little dark outside, and before too long little gangs of children will start donning their scary costumes and... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Today I Went to Church..

  ...and not a hymn in sight Early this morning, when the street lamps were still on and the moon hung low over the mist, I went to church. The church in... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• (Not Such An) Idle Thought

  

  Collaborative preaching wins I have posted on here before about the collaborative possibilities of preaching. In these days of connectivity there is neither nee... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• An Idle Thought

  

  On pythons and pharaohs When Julian Lloyd Webber’s brother spoke to his older brother Andrew, and asked on behalf of his headmaster whether he could put togethe... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Pulpit Secretary’s Nightmare

  

  The speaker from h… Picture the scene. A well- meaning pulpit secretary settles her or himself back in the pew to listen to the celebrity speaker whose... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Dancing with the Devil?

  

  Kindling a fire in Waterstones Not so very long ago the managing director of Waterstones described Amazon as a ‘money-making devil’, and yet if you visit... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Sunday’s Sermon on Wednesday

  A model for preachers On Monday night, political commentator Ann Coulter gave vent to her feelings on the US Presidential race with the following tweet: I highl... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Power of Speech Or…

  …a load of Beluga? A recording was released by the National Marine Mammal Foundation in San Diego, California yesterday of Noc, the Beluga whale, who had... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Cartography of Sorrow

  

  Charting the way… Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that in March life took an unexpected and unwelcome turn. Since then, many of those... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Creative Dissonance (II)

  

  Love one another… A number of people were kind enough to ‘drop in’ yesterday morning, and expressed their interest about how the sermon turned out. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Creative Dissonance

  Preaching on the familiar I find myself this morning gearing up for another sermon in a series on Jesus’ instructions to his followers. Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Breeding Ground Or Open Space?

  Twitter and controversy If you click this link, it will take you to a deeply offensive picture. If you can steel yourself, please do so. I wonder whether you... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• In Memoriam – the Bookmark

  

  Death of a reading accessory Look – there it lies, my lovely Pakistani embroidered bookmark. To see it with its end all curled up like that, it looks as if it... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY