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The Cost of Living and Poverty

I’ve written a couple of articles about the Cost of Living Crisis and why we should care about it recently.  The other day, I saw this comment on twitter retweeting a list of actions that are required if we are to tackle poverty. Well, there is one small problem with the suggestion and that is… Continue reading The Cost of Living and Poverty

PTSD and church revitalisation

 A little while back I wrote about how churches can experience a form of PTSD or complex PTSD.  You see, a church can experience trauma leading to experiences and responses that affect the life of the church.  Trauma for a church might include: A split where members of the church fall out, argue publicly and… Continue reading PTSD and church revitalisation

What to do when you are praying

Over the past week I’ve focused #TheDailyDose on the order of service used by the Church of England for Morning Prayer. During lockdown quite a few people found it helpful to follow this service together on Facebook each morning. Although the service is liturgical and I’m personally from a non liturgical background, I generally prefer… Continue reading What to do when you are praying

COVID-19: The next step to normality or a reckless risk

Boris Johnson has indicated that plans to end all COVID-19 regulations will be brought forward from the end of March to early March with further announcements expected after the school half term holidays. In practice, for England (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will continue to have their own regulations and guidance) this means that there… Continue reading COVID-19: The next step to normality or a reckless risk

Are we about to go to war with Russia?

In last week’s podcast, we talked about the build-up of military tension on the Russian-Ukrainian border.  I thought I’d devote a post to talking a bit more about how things might unfold.   Of course, the nature of things is very volatile and unpredictable, meaning the chances that this post becomes very quickly out of date… Continue reading Are we about to go to war with Russia?

Does it add up?

The controversy around #PartyGate continues to rumble on.  The Metropolitan Police have begun their investigation. Last week, Boris Johnson was reportedly sent a questionnaire by the police. Well, I understand that he likes a quiz. Whilst we await the outcome, people continue to speculate about what the implications will be if the Prime Minister is… Continue reading Does it add up?

Faithroots Survey

I’m running a little survey to help me hopefully serve you a bit better. This should be just a quick survey. Please take part and encourage others to take part too. Most of the questions are multiple choice and there is one that requires you to rank the options by dragging and dropping

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