COP25.  Ring a bell?  No?  Well, I mentioned it in my last blog before Christmas.  I know, I know.  That’s an age away.  Your attention might have been elsewhere - there was an election on after all.  And things around churches get frantic in the run up to Christmas,...

As the general election approaches Boris Johnson has a problem: people don’t trust him. This is not a party-political point. All the leaders of the main parties are distrusted to some degree or other. As BBC deputy political editor John Pienaar has said, this is an...

You might have noticed, there’s a general election on.  And I’ve been wondering; how long do promises made in the run-up to an elections last?  A long as the Parliament?  Perhaps a year?  A few months?  Up to when the doors of the polling stations close?  A bit...

‘The season of Advent is given to us so that we can realign our compass to direct us on the right path’. When I read that in the introduction of John Sentamu’s ‘Wake up to Advent’, I knew I’d made a good choice to read this Advent. Advent is about preparation –...

“If you cut me in half you’ll find ‘Baptist’ written through me.” What a silly statement! I think if you cut me in half you’ll find a mess! However, if I was a stick of rock, I hope that you would find ‘mission’ written inside me. It’s important to know what your...