Brian Cox
27 Jul 2023
Earlier this week there was some discussion in the US congress about alien life being “discovered” on other planets. I read a comment by the scientist and broadcaster Brian Cox about it - “I keep being asked what I make of the UFO thing in congress yesterday, so here it is : I watched a few clips and ...
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Festival Time
05 Jul 2023
Last weekend was the Glastonbury festival. You can’t have missed the fact it was on - it was all over the TV and radio. I watched some of it, as I have every year since I was a teenager. I enjoyed some of the music, but for me it’s now coupled with the kind of cynicism appropriate for a 45 year old. The envy I used to feel towards those who were there has been replaced by pity as I enjoy it...
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Jesus Love For Sufferers As Well As Sinners
06 Jun 2023
When I preached my Sunday evening series before Easter on some of those identity issues we are facing in our culture I was very concerned to get the tone right. Outrage and panic helps no one. Pride and disgust aren’t appropriate attitudes either. My desire was to teach the truth, expose error and to show that what is true is also good and beautiful. I al...
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History Maker Or Disciple?
06 Jun 2023
One of the most moving chapters in Scripture is at the very end of John’s gospel. Jesus has been raised from the dead and returns to be with his disciples. Yet, we know they are a mess - they have disbelieved and denied him. This does not stop a wonderful reconciliation. ...
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Amazing Grace!
23 Feb 2023
“The Church of England currently teaches two totally incompatible visions of God. On the one hand, there is a gospel of grace, where the love of God is unconditional and available to all. On the other, there is a God who places restrictions on that grace and asks the church to act as the gatekeeper.” (Jayne Ozanne, Opinion, The Guardian, Fri 3rd Feb 2022) “The B...
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Sunday Evening Series
25 Jan 2023
"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in ...
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Mind The Gap
26 Aug 2022
One of the very few things I miss about living in London is the public transport. Living in the capitol you could get to another part of the city fairly easily at any time, day or night. Although travelling by tube isn’t the most comfortable journey, the trains are reliable. Every tube passenger is very familiar with one message which is repeatedly broadcast over the tannoys of most stations....
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News!
30 Mar 2022
If you had tuned into BBC Radio on 18 April 1930 you would have been very surprised at the content of the 20:45 news bulletin. It was a simple four word sentence. “There is no news”. Fast forward nearly 92 years and that would be unthinkable. Most of us have got access to rolling 24 hour news channels. Th...
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Conversion Therapy Letter
23 Feb 2022
We are aware of the concern expressed online about the open letter about the proposed conversion therapy legislation, of which I and a deacon here are signatories. It has been suggested that those signing the letter are in favour of conversion therapy. This is untrue. As the letter makes clear "in our church we welcome and show love to many peop...
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