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• Flare-path 2

  

  Alfred Delp was a courageous young Jesuit priest, imprisoned in Nazi Germany for knowing too much. He was held in solitary confinement, hands in chains, until... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Flare-path 1

  

  Alfred Delp was a courageous young Jesuit priest, imprisoned in Nazi Germany for knowing too much. He was held in solitary confinement, hands in chains, until... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Invisible Borders

  

  I once heard a refugee describe how the border with his home country ran just alongside his refugee camp. He could stand at the edge of the camp and gaze... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Currency of Kindness

  

  It continues to surprise, this land of grief. Its topography is so hard to read - like the shifting sands of the desert. To climb a tiny hill can feel like... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• And That Will Be Heaven

  

  There are visitors in the house right now - emissaries from my beloved church family at Newbury Baptist Church. Last week they stood tall in the church -... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Steadfast and True

  Address given at the thanksgiving service for Fiona Littledale, November 16th 2017 _______ Consider this awkward moment if you will. You are driving home from... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Landscape of Grief

  

  I am learning that the landscape of grief is a strangely unnerving place. In part its strangeness is that those things which you had thought would be... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Embellished Or Enriched?

  It is perhaps not surprising that over the years I have acquired many Bibles. I have them in many languages and many formats. I have them in Gothic Script,... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Fragrance Or Odour?

  

  Earlier today a thoughtful blog pos t directed me to the film below. The film is touching, without a doubt. However, when I then went on to visit a company who... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Make Room for the Elephant!

  

  Yesterday morning I issued a plea from the pulpit of Newbury Baptist Church. It was a plea to make church doors wide enough that people can bring their elephant... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Thank You, Nature!

  Was looking yesterday at the effortless ease with which creation worships its creator as described in Psalm 19. The heavens worship in a way which is constant,... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jam but No Jerusalem

  

  Just started a preaching series at Newbury Baptist Church on worship, and wanted to start the whole thing by looking at first principles. It is twenty-one... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• This Book Smells

  

  This is the third novel I have read by Louise, and each one underlines my belief in her as a truly exceptional writer. This book, however, should come with a... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Whale 3 Ways

  A few months ago, I was approached by Fuelcast, a new ministry aiming to bring a Bible-based, devotional video to subscribers' inboxes every weekday. Prior... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Sixty Nine Reasons

  

  On the 69th birthday of the NHS, here are sixty-nine reasons to be thankful: 1. For every hand held 2. For every restless researcher, in pursuit of an elusive... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Time to Talk

  

  In August last year, I was still finding my way around a new town. After 19 years in West London, I was starting to adjust to a new life in West Berkshire. My... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• An Extended Invitation

  

  Pictured below is Jo Swinney's new book next to a hedgehog house in my garden. Please note that it is a hedgehog house and not a hedgehog home - since it... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2017 SPIRITUALITY

• Virtual but Not Virtuous?

  

  When Simon Reed wrote the foreword to my book Journey earlier this year, he included the following: Richard is himself the embodiment of what this book is all... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Specs Not Blinkers

  

  Today is Pentecost Day. Thousands of churches will mark today as the occasion when the Spirit of God is poured out on the faithful who turn their hearts and... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Out of Egypt

  Some time over 370 years ago, a group of Baptist believers started meeting in Newbury. After meeting for some years in a room above what is now the Camp Hobson... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2017 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY