I have been reflecting on our ability to find excuses for poor behaviour and inexcusable excesses. The comprehensive loss of respect for the sacredness of human life and the endless […]
FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Matthew 18:21-35 I am preparing for a course I am running in Rome at The Anglican Centre and one of the topics I have been […]
I’m currently trying to decide what presents I can give my family and friends – I’ve left it late as I always do with the best planning I can manage; […]
Fear and closed doors are no barrier to the resurrected Jesus. Like many of you I have watched on television and read the reports of the dreadful slaughter and murder […]
I have to share with you in researching the commentators for this parable of the unjust steward, they were not much help. Even so great a theologian and philosopher as […]
I was talking to someone recently about their daughter who had struggled since her teenage years to make sense of the world. She had left school early, found herself in […]
It is wonderful to be here in church with you on the ‘church’s birthday’, the Day of Pentecost, 50 days after Easter and 10 days since we celebrated Jesus’ ascension […]
Forgiveness is an extraordinary gift to offer and receive; it is life-changing and provides hope beyond anything that can be imagined. It is a response which Jesus’ followers are invited […]
The story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) is such a well-known parable, we can be in danger of not listening because we know it so well. So, let’s back […]