Mary of Bethany & Judas

I’ve been doing a lot of preaching recently, with lots more to come.  I thought I would post a few of my sermons here for feedback and thoughts.  I’d be grateful if you felt able to read them and make some comments (constructive of course!). This sermon was delivered on 3 April 2007, Tuesday of Read More …

if you’re ever in… Keswick

Climb a hill! Today we got up early and headed off to one of our favourite places in the world, Keswick in the English Lake District.  The weather was great and we climbed most of the way up Catbells, the hill in the picture above.  (That’s not the top you can see!)  Avril wasn’t feeling Read More …

the boy in the striped pyjamas

  I’ve just read ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by John Boyne, highly recommended by my wife .  It is the story of Bruno, a 9 year old German boy, whose father is sent from Berlin by a small man with a small mustache called ‘The Fury’ to be commandant of a place Bruno thinks is Read More …

Amnesty UK

Amnesty is an amazing organisation campaigning for human rights and against political imprisonment.  Click the sign and get involved.  You can make a difference.

what do you like best about your church?

The United Church of Christ has a ’16 reasons why you love your church’ spot on its front page.  I liked ‘I love my church because the Sunday School teacher gives a prize to the kid who asks the best question’ and ‘I love my church because it’s sort of like the Wizard of Oz, Read More …