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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
This post is my sermon for 5th January, focusing on gold, frankincense and myrrh (Matthew 2:1-12). The wise men present gifts. It is often said that […]
The title comes from my annoyance at the local Sainsbury’s, which wishes its customers a happy Halloween. If you’re happy, it misses the point. Someone I […]