Talking Point

A Political-Religious Spat and its Solution I CONFESS THAT, as I write this column, I have been ‘enjoying’ the recent spat between the President of the United States and leader of the largest Christian denomination […]

If you were a musical instrument, what instrument would you be? LAST WEEK I went with a friend to a concert at the Hexagon, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing pieces by Rossini, Dvorak and Rachmaninoff. […]

What Happens to God… ON A SUNDAY morning following Worship, in conversation over a cup of coffee, I was asked “What happens to God when the world comes to an end?” When planet Earth was […]

Prayer IT IS WELL-ESTABLISHED that prayer has a profound beneficial impact on many people’s well-being, and particularly their mental health. It goes to the heart of the Christian gospel of good news and is typified […]

Working Together ONE OF MY favourite stories (parables) is the following: One day, in the carpenter’s shop at Nazareth, the carpenter laid the tools down and went out to have his lunch. No sooner had […]

Church and Politics? IT’S OFTEN SAID that the Church should keep out of politics. But what about the other way round? Perhaps the way we do politics could teach the Church some lessons. In a […]

Angels from the realms of glory STEPHEN IS described in Acts (Chapter 6 verse 15) as having a face that was like the face of an angel. What did Stephen look like, do you think? […]

Values, What Values? AS WE APPROACH the season of remembrance, we shall once again give thanks for the lives of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country. We do so […]

Hope for today and for ever AT OUR RETREAT in June, the Caversham ministers looked at each of the four chapters of Paul’s letter to the church at Colosse. I believe there are valuable lessons […]

Finding Peace and Rest IN GENESIS Chapter 2 verse 8, ‘Now the Lord God planted a garden in the east, in Eden’, I note the verb ‘planted’, not ‘made’. I think there is a difference. […]