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 …

The BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live has a feature called ‘Inheritance Tracks’, in which guests are invited to think of the song that they inherited from their parents and also the one that they would pass on to the More …

“Where, O Death, thy sting? Where, O Hades, thy victory?”  (1 Corinthians 15:55). The Orthodox Church says that Resurrection begins on Good Friday evening.  It is found in the mystery of Christ’s burial and descent into hell. Indeed, in the More …

When I am driving to and from Salisbury I often listen to the radio. I like the travel updates where the announcer tells me that there is hold up on the M8  far away, or  the weather reports informing me More …

My four year old is gripped by the parable of the ‘Good Samaritan’. (This is a story, originally told by Jesus, about a man who gets robbed and then helped by the most unlikely character available.) My son is mainly More …

I tried to join Twitter this week. Various friends have had Twitter accounts for some time and told me occasionally about who they were tweeting with. And then I heard from some students that they were tweeting during lectures. I More …

I was struck by a view of the Church portrayed in a recent article (Church Times 21st Jan).  We sometimes seem like a child in class always putting its hand up, wanting to be noticed, always thinking it’s got something to More …