One can only stand in awe, amazement, respect and gratitude at the fantastic, almost incredible, advances and marvels that are being achieved in science and technology of all kinds, ranging over medicine, communications, neuroscience, cosmology, agriculture, energy and materials science, to name just some. Is there no limit to the capacity and capability of humankind…
Why are we here ? A little book of guidance by Alister McGrath SPCK, 2015 42 pages £3.99ISBN 978 0 281 074 389 also available as an ebook In just 3 chapters and a conclusion, Alister McGrath, Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University, offers a compact and stimulating argument in favour…
I have been watching Jimmy McGovern’s gritty 3-part drama called Time, set in a prison. It was indeed harrowing to watch in many places but I didn’t want to miss any of it. I’m prone to having a wee doze in the evening if a programme is not very interesting. Sean Bean ‘s portrayal of the…
In the Gospel of Mark Jesus encourages his followers to call God Abba. When the Disciples asked for an example of how to pray he starts his prayer “Our Father…” For many of us this is an amazing invitation of be in the most intimate of relationships with an almighty, ever loving creator God. The…
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The Power of the Word : the Bible is the most influential book of all time – and its story continues today… compiled and edited by Luci Thomas and Patrick Wilson Wycliffe Bible Translators, 2000 61 pages ISBN 0 938 978 187 A small book with 28 short, snappy stories about the impact of…
Nichola and I have known this path for over 25 years. We used it as a highway for the buggy when the children were tiny, it was a training ground for carrying them in the backpack as they grew bigger and a Sunday walk later on again. Sometimes it is very wet and once last…
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 27th June 2021 Lectionary readings: Lamentations 3 v22-33; Psalm 30; 2 Corinthians 8 v7-15; Mark 5 v21-43. The flow of God’s love. At the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee, Luke records Jesus quoting from the book of the prophet Isaiah. ‘The Lord’s Spirit has come…
We have experienced many different things and changes during this long period of lockdown. Some of these changes will be with us for many years to come, long after we are allowed more freedom of movement. For example, many people now work all or some of their worktime at home and this has some great…
Sadly Geoffrey Brindley died on Tuesday 26th August 2015, a name that will mean very little to most people, but mention “the Jesus man” and faces in west Yorkshire will light up. I can remember being out in the playground at Calverley Parkside School in the 1960’s and the word would go around “the Jesus…