Interesting reading - poetry and fencing being unlikely routes to faith. Atheist Professor Becomes Christian..
Time and resources: our two biggest preoccupations and why we should never worry about them
In one of the few moments recently when I stopped worrying I found myself thinking about what kind of things I mostly worry about and I realised that almost all of them fall in to one of two categories. I either worry about time or resources. How often do you find yourself saying or thinking... Continue Reading →
Why worship should be weird and churches should be small
This morning I read two brilliant blog posts on church. The first one was by Philip Yancey advocating the strengths of small churches over large ones (and making some accurate observations about families along the way) and the second one was by blogger Rachel Held Evans on why the church should stop trying to be... Continue Reading →
The Man Born to be King
My friend Cathy very helpfully reviews The Man born to be King by Dorothy L Sayers
Transcendent. Poignant. Stirring. Powerful. Heart-breaking and deeply moving.
I have just read Dorothy L. Sayer’s The Man Born to be King. This is a twelve-play cycle on the life of Jesus Christ, written in 1941 and broadcast on BBC radio. The plays are extra-ordinary. I feel as if I could have been there. Her characterisations are rich, rounded and also true to the Bible. She has added depth, theology, explanation and background to the gospel narratives, and included an ingenious and completely believable solution to the question about why Judas betrayed Jesus. The plays about the passion draw on the chronology of events as suggested by Frank Morrison, in ‘Who Moved the Stone’ – a classic book, and one that means a lot to me. It was the book that first convinced me that the resurrection did truly happen.
The book includes notes on each of the twelve plays. I…
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Be Joyful in Hope
On Wednesday evening as part of our Lent course, a group of us from church studied a passage from Romans 12: 9-21. In the CEV the chapter is entitled 'How to live the new life of Love'. How to... indeed... that is the question. This passage gets really specific. 21 instructions follow one after the... Continue Reading →
Taking Back Our Mental Health, Taking Back Our Culture
Sharing here some very thoughtful reflections on the rise of mental health issues in our society: Taking Back Our Mental Health, Taking Back Our Culture.
‘What we did on our holidays’ – film review
A film review (with no plot spoilers). A family film or a film about a family? Probably more the latter than the former but absolutely hilarious even though it deals with some very heavy stuff: adultery, divorce, cancer to name just some of the subjects explored. But no family on earth is spared some of... Continue Reading →
It’s all about the welcome
Yesterday in church we remembered the conversion experience of the apostle Paul. This reflection comes too late for anyone who had to preach yesterday and lacked inspiration. We speak about a 'Damascus Road experience' or about 'seeing the light' to mean a sudden turn around of thinking. A dramatic conversion or change of view. In... Continue Reading →
A Better Way to Say Sorry
This is an amazingly good post about saying sorry (click link below). It's written by a teacher and talks about how to teach children to say sorry and mean it. Maybe if we were all able to do this there would not be the kind of fear/hate crimes that we have seen in France recently.... Continue Reading →
Hero Dog to the Rescue!
STOP PRESS: vote for this product please follow this link http://www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk/pitch-to-rich/start-up/plushiemorphs/ He's arrived - my very own 'hero dog'! I know I already have a living, breathing one in the form of Bobby but my new pal is a lot of fun, does clever transforming tricks and doesn't eat as much. Here he is... Continue Reading →
