The recent announcement from the House of Bishops (discussed here by me and here by Ian Paul) is raising the question as to ...

This Sunday was traditionally known in the Church of England as 'Stir-up Sunday', a phrase derived from the BCP Collect for ...

It was in a one-to-one union meeting with BBC management where I met the darkness. In the wake of the post-Jimmy Savile BBC Trust investigation into a culture of bullying, harassment and control ...

Every year, in the northern hemisphere, and especially in Northern Europe, we are apparently caught by surprise as the ...

How can we make connections between what we see in our world around us, and the good news of what God has done for us in Jesus? How can we build bridges of understanding from the things that engage ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for the Second Sunday before Advent in Year C) is Luke 21.5–19, this gospel’s version of what is often called the ‘Little Apocalypse’. As usual, we need to read on ...

Three weeks ago, on 15th October, it was announced that “The House of Bishops has made a series of key decisions on the ...

Twelve years ago I presented a paper at the international Society of Biblical Literature comparing the symbolism of Luke with ...

The Sunday's lectionary reading for the Third before Advent in Year C is Luke 20.27–38, and epistle is Paul's discussion of the 'man of lawlessness' in 2 Thess 2. For video discussions, see here for ...