July 6, 2021
Clergy may or may not be ‘limiting factors’ in the life of the church: I’ve known a few who are, and most who are not. Church […]
January 8, 2021
The link between religion, perhaps especially Christianity, and right-wing politics is not new. Historically, we’ve seen it before in Europe and in many other places. I’ve […]
April 2, 2020
In the heady pre-lockdown days of late February, Modern Church was an Associate Sponsor of this year’s Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature at Bloxham. […]
March 31, 2020
We live in interesting times. We’ve all, suddenly, become familiar with new concepts like ‘social distancing’, ‘self-isolation’, and, apparently, ‘hand washing’; we’re even beginning to know […]
July 2, 2019
The Modern Church Conference in July this year is exploring ‘Theology in the Public Square’. When the theme of the conference was agreed, I was to […]
December 20, 2018
Like a lot of clergy (and others) up and down the land and around the world, I will spend some part of the next few days […]