October Magazine Leader If you had to sum up the last year in one word, what would it be? Suffering? Isolated? Lonely? Exhausting? Depressing? Infuriating? Shaken? Everything seems so much less certain. We want to return to what is familiar and normal, but we’re not there by a long shot. Many sectors appear to be...
Many people came to Jesus and his disciples seeking help. Today the Christian Church finds itself amongst a population where large numbers of people need assistance in variety of ways. A recent report about the mission of the church in society today, “Growing Good”, points out that the church’s capacity to address this growing need...
September 2021 Magazine If you’ve visited Mont-Saint-Michel, in France, you will have enjoyed seeing one of Europe’s most wonderful sights. The mount is steep and a long walk through the narrow streets is rewarded by being able to visit the Abbey at the top and the view out to sea. The Mount is in a...
Maybe you have heard that four of us are taking part in LEAD academy seminars for small town churches in our diocese. This course is to help us to plan for where we see our church heading in the future, focussing on growth. One thing we flagged up was prayer in the church and we...
Young children can be very persistent in asking their parents almost unanswerable questions like, “Mum, why are flames hot?” We do our best to answer the questions, but realize that our answers need to match our child’s capacity to understand. An academic fondly remembered his loving father’s short answer to a question he had asked...
