Reflections on Luke 10:1–9 for a generation seeking meaning, connection and hope We live in a world where almost everything is measured. Likes, followers, views, grades, productivity and achievements can make us feel that if something does not produce immediate… Continue reading

Change can be one of the hardest words in the life of a church! We can hear it as a threat to what we love, a criticism of what has gone before, or an admission that somehow we have got… Continue reading

This week’s Gospel (Matthew 21:33-end) has, sadly, a shadow side in church history of being used to promote anti-semitism. Whilst this may not be a suitable central Sunday morning theme, grasping uncomfortable nettles is sometimes necessary if we are to… Continue reading

Harvest is one of those moments in the year when the Church invites us to stop and notice. The fields have given what they can give, the hedgerows are heavy with fruit and the days are beginning to shorten. Just… Continue reading

I have four daughters who are all completely different, and yet all incredible people in their own right. To compare them would be like trying to compare apples to oranges, bananas to mangos; just impossible. Yet the one thing that… Continue reading

What does it really mean to be a church that loves? I’ve been working in mission for nearly twenty years across a variety of contexts and traditions. Membership of the Archbishops’ College of Evangelists has taken me to Anglican churches… Continue reading

This week I found myself deep in conversation with a friend, discussing yet another article he had seen that suggested that decline in the Church of England is somehow God’s way of judging the church… and the age old question… Continue reading