At times like this many people’s faith is tested. Suffering is, and always has been, the toughest challenge to believers. If God is in control, why […]
Covid-19 has upended ‘normality’ and we are in shock. We have been reminded of the fleeting nature of our lives, the frailty of our institutions and […]
I watch every single day during my self-imposed quarantine period a herd of ‘great white pelicans’ (migrating birds) settling on a Banyan tree (ficus Benghalensis) about […]
THIS WAS the title of the Modern Church South West group day conference in Bath last month, led by Stephen Parsons, author of survivingchurch.org. The seeds for this day […]
Civil Partnerships and Marriage In 2019 the British Government opened civil partnerships to heterosexual couples as well as to same sex couples, giving two options for […]
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 […]