I don’t know if you do this in your church, but when I was baptised, they gave me a Bible verse to encourage me.  I have often wondered why the minister who baptised me was led to this verse.  Maybe because he recognised in me a questioning and inquisitive mind – the...

I had been invited to speak at a men’s supper in a village close to where I was living in Milton Keynes.  Linked to the local parish church, it included people from church and the wider community, some of whom worked in farming around the village.  A small gathering...

If you're standing, perhaps you had better sit down.  Take a deep breath!  This may come as a bit of a shock. I am an addict. Not an easy thing for a Christian leader to say.  We are meant to be “hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright,...