16 October 2020 I don’t remember a time when we’ve been so aware of our physical health, and the threat to it. And that’s understandable. People are still dying, and our hospitals are filling up again. We’re also very aware of the health of our economy, as jobs are lost and businesses close. And there’s
Read moreWho’s in control? from St Stephen’s & St Wulstan’s on Vimeo. 9th October 2020 We want to be in control. We want to know what the Covid restrictions are going to be, and we don’t like them changing or being different in different parts of the country. We want to be able to plan and
Read more1st October 2020 We’re in a crisis. What I have in mind is not Covid-19, but the crisis facing the Anglican denomination around the world. Faith in a Time of Crisis is the title of a book by Vaughan Roberts, which the PCC has just finished reading together. Peter Jensen contributes the final chapter, in
Read more25th September 2020 According to an article in The Observer, the race for a Covid-19 vaccine is getting dirty. It started well. It took only ten days for the Chinese to publish the genome sequence for the virus. But before long there were stories of tensions between team members, accusations that some countries were
Read more18th September 2020 “Be at peace with each other.” “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.” “Honour one another above yourselves.” “Accept one another.” “Carry each other’s burdens.” “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other.” “Encourage one another and build each other up.” “Spur one another on towards...
Read more11th September 2020 Have you noticed how people in the public eye say sorry – or don’t say sorry – for what they’ve done? We saw an example last Sunday night, when Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open tennis. He lost a service game and, in his frustration, he took a ball from
Read more4th September 2020 It’s hard to escape thinking about power. Quite simply, we need power to get things done. Most of us feel pretty powerless most of the time, and we’d like a little more power. At the same time, we fear others having too much power. Power is useful, even necessary, but it’s
Read more28th August 2020 Isn’t online church great? You can watch when you like, with whom you like. You can wear what you like. You can fast forward through the bits you don’t like. You can even skip a week, or go to another church, and nobody will know. Actually, you can probably tell, I
Read more7th August 2020 Why didn’t we see this coming? That’s the question that Olga Khazan asks, writing in April in The Atlantic magazine. Her article bears the title, Humans are too Optimistic to Comprehend the Coronavirus: Why Americans didn’t see the pandemic coming. So, she explains, instead of stocking up on PPE and testing equipment,
Read more31st July 2020 A few years ago I did an online course in biblical counselling, called The Dynamics of Biblical Change. David Powlison would begin his lectures by exegeting a hymn – talking us through it and showing us what it means, much as we do with a Bible passage. I’m not suggesting that hymn
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