Majorities WHEN YOU are part of a majority, it can feel comfortable, but it has its dangers – of complacency and distorted viewpoints. For example, I’m white, as are most people in Caversham. It would […]
SOME OF MY favourite stories in the Bible are of Jesus’ encounters with his followers on the day of, or soon after, his resurrection out the hated Roman occupiers (imagine Ukrainians longing for someone to […]
WE ARRIVE AT the season of Lent on 5 March, and it is good to consider giving things up for Lent, especially those that will assist your physical health, including eating and drinking less. It […]
IT’S FEBRUARY: we’re looking towards Spring and the card shops are full of Valentine’s Day cards. You could say love is in the air. This year, I am looking forward to marrying three couples at […]
NEWSPAPERS LIKE controversy because it sells. So, to boost sales…what if I were to suggest that Jesus didn’t die on the cross for our sins after all? You probably know the traditional story. Humanity ‘fell’ […]
HAPPY CHRISTMAS! The greeting most of us will hear and say numerous times this month, and mostly we will mean it and mostly we will want to hear it! We all want and hope for […]
IT IS ONE YEAR (7 October 2023) since the horrendous attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens close to the border between Israel and Gaza, which reaped a harvest of indiscriminate killing and hostage-taking. The audacity, […]
NOT BEING ONE of the Caversham clergy, I don’t usually get invited to do a Talking Point. But it happens that my retirement as Bishop of Reading coincides with the 60th anniversary of The Caversham […]
THIS SEPTEMBER happens to be the centenary of the church where I’m the Vicar, St Barnabas Emmer Green. We shall celebrate with events for the whole community to mark the anniversary of the foundation stone […]
I AM WRITING this before the General Election, and you will be reading it when the result of the election is known. Whichever government has been elected, what is it we hope for, long for, […]
Dr Alison Johnston, Caversham Bridge, 2017 (Editors Login)