March 2023 Magazine Jesus’ life has spawned many books! It is in John’s Gospel that the writer concludes: ‘Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written’ (John 21v25). We live...
This latest book by John Pritchard (who was Bishop of Oxford from 2007 to 2014) was published last year. As the title suggest there are twenty sections each exploring a question Jesus asked. The stand-alone sections are in two halves. The first part imagines the scene from the point of view someone who actually heard...
When we sign a cheque or a legal document we say we are “putting our name” to it. This means that we understand what we are doing and will honour any promises made. It used to be common for people to say “you have my word” after they had made a commitment to do something...
‘Joy to the World’ kicked off the 2022 ‘Advent Window Trail’. A large crowd gathered outside The Coop Funeral Service joined by Miss Witney and her group of pupils from St Michael’s First School. Miss Witney read the bible passage before the children led the singing. Their scene cleverly depicted the whole world in mosaic...
