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Godbaby – he cries, he wees, he saves the world

Last Friday saw me in Ormskirk town centre for the grand Christmas lights switch-on. Sharing a stage with the mayor, Black Lace (of Agadoo fame) and the town’s clergy was at the very least a novel experience. The town centre is transformed into something of a fair ground for the 2 or 3 hours that [...]

I suffer not a woman…

Enough has been written on the subject of women bishops in the Church of England in the last 24 hours, is there anything left unsaid? Probably not, but I may as well add my pennysworth to the fray… I understand, and share, the disappointment. Having taken the step of allowing the ordination of women, it [...]

More from the Pentateuch…

I must admit, teaching is something that I enjoy. Walking alongside others as we together look to understand and apply God’s word is an unparalleled privilege – albeit a mite stressful at times as we get to grips with new concepts or ways of relating to how God reveals himself in and through Scripture. Thank-you [...]

Babel

Today, together with the students on the course on the Pentateuch that I am teaching this week, we have been looking at Babel. Fascinating. Four days in, we are still battling through the world of mystery that surrounds the beginnings of history as recorded in the opening chapters of Genesis. And it seems that some [...]

Learn to choose well

British Prime Minister David Cameron has just signed an agreement with Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond for a referendum on Scottish independence from the UK. The Edinburgh Agreement allows a single-question referendum to be held in autumn 2014, answering a simple yes-no question as to whether Scotland should stay as part of the “United Kingdom”, [...]

“Be water, my friend”

Last week I almost expected Noah to appear at any moment sailing down the road with his ark. I know it rains here in the UK’s North West, but this was something else! CLM – the church I am now leading – was nearly flooded too: the back garden was under a foot of water [...]

Last week I almost expected Noah to appear at any moment ...

Last week I almost expected Noah to appear at any moment sailing down the road with his ark. I know it rains here in the UK’s North West, but this was something else! CLM – the church I am now leading – was nearly flooded too: the back garden was under a foot of water [...]

Naked and (un)ashamed

The British royals have been in the limelight recently. Three of the extended royal family have been caught in various degrees of “undressedness”, to the horror of some of their loyal subjects, and the amusement of others. Prince Harry was the first. I must say, I have less sympathy for him than for Kate, whose [...]

Thank-you, Neil

My childhood hero has gone. Last Saturday, Neil Armstrong died from complications following heart surgery. Maybe it is because we share the same name, or maybe that was every 1970s schoolboy’s ambition, but for several years an astronaut was definitely what I was going to be when I grew up. If I didn’t make it [...]

Coming of Age

It started 18 years ago in Málaga. 24th August, 1994, hottest day of the summer: 42C in the shade. Sometime around 2 in the morning, our son David entered this world. Today he comes of age, legally at any rate. Adventure awaits as he embarks on his own life at university whilst the rest of [...]