I love games, so do my children. I used to be (and maybe I still am) rather serious about really trying to win. Winning is important otherwise a game is no fun. If one of the participants doesn’t really mind More …

The tiny south pacific island of Samoa greeted the arrival of 2012 very early – thanks to having moved across the international dateline at the end of 2011. They are now in sync with their neighbours and closest trading partners, More …

We’re delighted to see that one of our placement supervisors, Gavin Tyte, has just won The Nativity Factor – an ITN and Jerusalem Productions online competition to create an innovative 3 minute film retelling the nativity. Gavin is a professional More …

What would Jesus do? The banners outside St Paul’s (and elsewhere) ask this question. A matter of simple geography put the church suddenly and visibly in the middle of the argument and the well used slogan suddenly became a useful More …

Last weekend I enjoyed being part of the Urban Church & Community weekend. On Saturday we travelled to Southampton where our hosts were the Central Baptist Church. Chris Davis MBE, Southampton City Missioner for the past fifteen years gave a More …

If you are reading this blog you are probably a digital native, well used to visiting websites. Experts tell us that we now read things differently. Our eyes flit across the page, collecting information from here and there, rather than More …

The climate is changing in many different contexts. The weather seems strange with a spring feel to October which makes me wonder whether this is lovely or disastrous. The economic climate is changing evidenced by a short chat on Sunday More …

It’s my day off today, and I’m repairing an old guitar amplifier for my daughter. The main problem has been fixed, but when the innards go back into the cabinet, there is a loud hum. It is a 60s design More …

We are moving house. As many people in today’s society and especially as many people in ordained ministry we move a lot. Every time it seems more difficult but also more exhilarating. This time we move to a smaller house More …

Rowan Williams used the opportunity as Guest Editor of New Statesman to question the direction of the government. His justification was that ‘it seems worth encouraging the present government to clarify what it is aiming for in two or three More …

A STETS weekend leads me again to this question, what is apologetics? Apologetics is often thought of as offering a defence of Christian beliefs. Apologists might argue that the natural world demonstrates such design that there must be a Divine Designer, More …