Purple Words on a Grey Background

The other day I heard about some Christians who were sceptics about climate change. Not having had a chance to talk to them myself, I am not...

For about the last 40 years as a youth leader, ordinand and clergyperson, I've been constantly preaching the message that the church is ...

A long time ago in another universe (actually Dec 2006), I blogged about a letter signed by some church leaders of an evangelical persuasio...

Greenbelt reached it 40th edition this year. If you're not familiar with Greenbelt, it's an arts festival at Cheltenham race course,...

A little while back I went to a lecture by Professor Linda Woodhead at Lancaster Priory about the future of the Church of England. She was ...

Normally I enjoy reading or hearing Giles Fraser. He's usually challenging, often controversial, and never makes comfortable listening. ...

A couple of friends will, almost certainly, respond to this, but I'd be interested to hear from others, too. Having grown up in an evang...

There's been a lot of hot air circulating around the Church of England's General Synod discussions on women bishops. You can read ab...

I'm not very sure how to phrase this post correctly. I have been musing for a while about a change I've observed over the time I hav...

Image by Getty Images via @daylife Always feel a bit wistful on the last day of something like this. Just as you're getting used to cam...

Quite a remarkable amount of fuss took place online about a Christian book that hasn't even been published yet. Rob Bell, who has become...

Just back from my second Greenbelt. Around 1979/80, various friends told me I should go, and sure enough I should have gone - U2 played. But...

Good post on thinking this through on the Trendlewood blog. Worth a read.

There's something about people who can get up early in the morning. Whenever I have referred to my difficulty with mornings, at best I g...

Image via Wikipedia Travelling up and down the M6 yesterday, I had two very different experiences of listening to the radio. The first was ...

A very interesting debate taking place on Dave Gorman's blog, following his observations on a tube carriage . I first came across this o...

Today is the day. Around the world, bloggers are posting in all kinds of ways about climate change. What concerns me is the resistance withi...

Couldn't resist another while waiting for someone to call round. This is one is the Church Pastoral Aid Society's statement of faith...

Thanks to Steve for the idea of Wordle preaching . Here's a Wordle of the UCCF doctrinal basis (click to see full size) Meanwhile the E...

Good news from Blackburn Cathedral. They have decided to withdraw the arrangement whereby people who objected to the ordination of women to...