Feb 7, 2020 | Inspiring Discipleship
While they might have disappeared from our headlines, replaced by different apocalyptic concerns over the spread of the Coronavirus, the forest fires in Australia have not gone away. And with the hottest months of the summer to come, more are expected. The images...
Feb 3, 2020 | Inspiring Discipleship
‘Carrot’ was my nickname at school. Everyone called me it, even my teachers. Why? I was born with the affliction of ginger hair. I say ‘affliction’, but it wasn’t really, it was who I was. I was your ginger mate. I was the one you sloppily compared to Ed Sheeran, or...
Jan 17, 2020 | Inspiring Discipleship
Saying yes to life is the book commissioned by the Archbishop of Canterbury for Lent 2020, and written by Tearfund’s Director of Advocacy and Influencing, Dr Ruth Valerio. “Lent is a time for us to focus on Jesus’ death and resurrection, and our reconciliation...
Jan 6, 2020 | Inspiring Discipleship
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...
Dec 10, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
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...
Dec 3, 2019 | Inspiring Discipleship
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...
