Month: September 2021

The story of God’s grace and mercy in bringing me to faith in Jesus is very ordinary. Ordinary in the sense that mine is not a spectacular conversion story. God used ordinary means. He used ordinary people. And thus, mine is an ordinary story. And…

There’s no place like home. I wonder, has the meaning of this cliché changed over the past year? As we’ve had to face strict stay-at-home orders yet again, we’ve been confronted with the reality of life at home. For many of us, this has not meant…

Reflections from John 6 for today When the crowds followed Jesus in John 6, they weren’t pursuing life, they were pursuing bread. Jesus challenged them to change their priorities. They needed to stop thinking materially and start thinking…

Memories can feel like a series of hazy vignettes—snippets of people, places, conversations and feelings. In my case, it’s a two-up-two-down in the north of England and playing with the other kids in the street. A gap year in Ireland, goat herding…

This is the final part of a 4-part series looking at issues of freedom and authority from 1 Timothy 2:1–7 (read part 1, part 2, and part 3). This passage teaches us a theology of God and humanity, and so it teaches us to live as humans among humans and…

How would you describe your life before you knew Jesus? My wonderful mum took me to church as a child – perhaps, she might say now, out of a sense of it being the right thing to do, since I had been baptised as a baby. I don’t think she expected church…

This is Part 3 of a 4-part series looking at issues of freedom and authority from 1 Timothy 2:1–7 (read part 1 and part 2). This passage teaches about God and humanity, and so it teaches us to live as humans among humans and human authorities. We’ve…