Where God and Real Life Meet

Today, as with most days, I have more questions than answers.  I’m comfortable with that.  I’ve found places to ask my questions and have them heard and valued… and sometimes answered. Wouldn’t it be great if the church was a place where people’s questions were heard and valued and only sometimes answered? What if people Read More …

What Now?

So, that’s Easter all done.  What now?  What difference did it make?  Did anything change?  What are you left with?

The Lord is Risen – be afraid

Happy Easter to you all! Mark 16 The Resurrection 1When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body. 2Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3and Read More …

Monster Challenge for Scott

This is my Brother-in-Law, Scott.  For reasons known only to him, he and some of his colleagues have  decided to take on the Maggie’s Monster Bike and Hike on 2-3 May 2009.  This is a well named challenge! Teams will bike 30 miles and can then choose to hike 8 miles to our Bronze finish, Read More …

Holy Week Sermon

I’ve posted the text for this sermon about Mary of Bethany and Judas before but I’ve never recorded it until now. I often feel that Holy Week is one of the most overlooked parts of the Christian year.  That’s all the more strange because it is at the very heart of our faith.  Today is Read More …

A Few Days Off

I’ve had some time off work this week.   It’s the school holidays and my two boys are here.  It’s been great to spend more time than usual with them.  Weekends always seem so quick! We paid a visit to my sister’s family in the north at the start of the week and had a great Read More …

Existential Punk on Something Beautiful

I’m proud to be a co-host of the Something Beautiful Podcast. For those of you who don’t know about the podcast our intrepid gang (Thomas, Jonathan and I) interview people who have a story to tell.  Mostly these are people of faith.  Many of them are people who have had interesting experiences of church and Read More …