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‘I am neither an optimist or a pessimist’– the hope of Easter
“Mission begins with a kind of explosion of joy. The news that the rejected and crucified Jesus is alive is something that cannot possibly be suppressed. It must be told. Who could be silent about such...
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Doing To or Being With? Re-thinking Christian social engagement
This year marks 130 years since the founding of the West London Mission. It was in October 1887 that WLM began its work to bring spiritual and practical hope to people affected by poverty. Back then in...
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Unity in action: Movement Day is a glimpse of the future for the UK Church –...
This weekend I spent at a conference in Westminster run by the British incarnation of the worldwide group Movement Day. Movement Day UK describes itself as a unity movement with “a passion to see our...
View ArticleSeeking Francis and finding renewal in Assisi – by Danny Daly
Last month I was fortunate enough to be part of a group undertaking an Ignatian Pilgrimage of Rome. Before joining them, however, I had decided to spend a couple of days by myself in Assisi. ‘Francis...
View ArticleGrace in the face of oppression: what I saw in Egypt – by Martin Kuhrt
Land of the Nile, pyramids, the Valley of the Kings, a centre of early Christianity; Egypt well deserves its status as ‘a cradle of civilisation’. But its glories do not all lie in its past. Its fast...
View ArticleCheap grace: theology which fails to safeguard the vulnerable
At the moment the Church of England is being investigated by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. Initially the focus is into the safeguarding of children in Chichester diocese. This will...
View ArticleThe Way of Love – by Simon Hall
I reckon most people can get to this point with me… There was a man from Nazareth in Galilee, who taught that love was the only law, and that God was returning to make the world right. He showed his...
View ArticleBeauty arising from the ashes of despair – by James Mercer
Behind All Saints’ church in Harrow Weald, North London, a woodland has been transformed into a Forest School for local children. It is only a few hundred yards from a busy London road, but for the...
View ArticleRev. Curry’s sermon summed up why I am a Christian
There has been an incredible reaction to Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon at the Royal Wedding today. Both the content and the manner of his talk broke the formality which so easily straight-jackets...
View ArticleRoyal wedding sermon: stop the internal church critique and use the opportunity
At my church on Sunday afternoons, I lead a youth group which mainly consists of children whose families don’t go to church. Most of them are boys aged between 12-14 and many know me from a football...
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