Getting to know Nazareth
June 20th, 2020
Archaeology continues to reveal new insights into Jesus’ boyhood town and the culture of its inhabitants.
A new beginning
June 14th, 2020
Prayer, mental health, God, church …. and Covid-19
May 31st, 2020
In these troubled times, people’s mental health is under stress, but there are things we can all do, and churches can do, to help.
Will Covid-19 change the church?
May 15th, 2020
A recent report offers hope that churches may make some helpful changes that will improve how they serve the world.
Save a life without leaving home
May 3rd, 2020
Monthly challenge May challenge: 4 men facing death sentence Amnesty International reports: “Four journalists in Yemen have been sentenced to death on trumped up charges following grossly unfair trials. The absurd charges against Akram, Abdelkhaleq, Hareth and Tawfiq include “creating several websites on the internet and social media.” They have been detained, alongside six other […]
5 ways to live in a toxic world
April 26th, 2020
A few weeks back I posted about living in a toxic world, because of unattractive and nasty things I was seeing: Lack of compassion and loss of community Polarisation and tribalism Triviality The dumbing down of politics The rich control the media A number of political ploys seem to have led us to this point: […]
The church after Covid?
April 16th, 2020
The world will change after the coronavirus pandemic. But will the church change? Should it?
Following Jesus 1.01
April 9th, 2020
Some people have their bucket list – the things they want to do before they kick the bucket. And occasionally you hear people ask “What would you do if you knew you had one day to live?” The answer is often something wild – eat junk food, drink expensive wine, go crazy, self-indulge. This evening […]
Help end child labour in the chocolate industry
April 3rd, 2020
Child labour and underpaid farmers are common in the chocolate industry. Chocolate companies promise to do better, so let’s encourage them to do so!
They said what !!???
March 25th, 2020
A list of all blog posts, in reverse chronological order, is on the Blog archive page.