We rest on thee
Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, ‘LORD, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, LORD our God, for…
Assisted dying: how did it come to this?
The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’. Psalm 14:1 NIV A week ago MP Kim Leadbetter’s bill on ‘assisted dying’ (AD) was passed at second reading in…
Women overseers: FAQs
In 2016 the Parochial Church Council (PCC) at St Andrew the Great passed a resolution, requesting that “arrangements be made for it in accordance with the House of Bishops’ Declaration…
Cancel culture and the ‘pile on’
You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. Exodus 20:16 NIV In The Times this week was a disturbing piece by Alice Thomson on cancel culture on university campuses. A student…
Under the sheltering wings
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 17:8 NIV An older friend of mine - a retired pastor and Old…
Assisted Dying
You shall not murder. Exodus 20:13 NIV It all sounds so plausible. Faced with a lingering death with great pain or loss of mental function, surely it is only compassionate…
Echoes of the resurrection
That power is [the same as] the mighty strength he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead… because of his great love for us, God made us alive in…
Unpaid missionaries
After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla,…
Safe in the shadow
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. Psalm 91:1 ESV Today we give thanks at church for the life…
The Air We Breathe
“What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it? It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of…