“If our church disappeared from North Springfield tomorrow, would anybody notice?” There is a thought-provoking question. I know we would notice. But what about…
Category: Upside-Down Kingdom – the Beatitudes
Back in 1979 the Upminster superstars Ian Dury and the Blockheads released their last and most famous song, “Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3”.…
School dinner was being served. One boy had several minutes to wait as others were receiving their portions and in silence he contemplated the…
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5:8) Blessed are the pure in heart For they shall see their…
There is a book with an intriguing title: “How to close your church in a decade.” The ways to close a church, the authors…
Have you ever been really thirsty? I remember hot summer days playing sport running non-stop for 80 minutes and then downing two pints of…
I am sure you have seen the poster. “The meek shall inherit the earth – if that’s OK with everybody else.” I am told…
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. So says Jesus in the second of the Beatitudes, eight sayings right at the…
Whose side is God on? Right on the back of the crisis of migrants and asylum seekers, this week’s scandal of tax-dodging and offshore…