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Isaiah in Lent

If you are looking for something to work through in the build up to Easter why not have a look at Arise and Shine. I put this together a couple of years ago specifically to include reflections for each of the 50 days of Lent.

Disestablishing and re-establishing

Simon Jenkins wrote here in the Guardian recently about the sorry state of the Church of England.  This has prompted some discussion about whether true reformation, renewal and revival of the Church of England (as opposed to within the Church) is possible.  I may come back to talk about that specific subject but I want… Continue reading Disestablishing and re-establishing

What are you wearing? Presidents, suits and fall outs

Apparently one of the things that upset some at the White House was that President Zelensky didn’t wear a suit.  Interestingly, those people don’t seem too worried that Zelensky hasn’t worn a suit to other meetings with other world leaders. It’s a shame that  Keir Starmer did not opt to forgo a suit when welcoming… Continue reading What are you wearing? Presidents, suits and fall outs

Responding to Trump and Vance’s car crash meeting with Zelensky

The scenes at the Whitehouse were disturbing yesterday. I was trying imagine the fall out if the UK prime minister had begun laying into an ally in the way that Trump and Vance layed into President Zelensky.  I doubt that they would have survived long in post after such a miscalculation. Yet I’m also aware… Continue reading Responding to Trump and Vance’s car crash meeting with Zelensky

Where do you stand?

The Ukrainian situation has changed dramatically in the past few months.  The rhetoric from Britain and America for most of the war has been that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the Ukrainians as they face down Russian aggression. However, since President Trump’s inauguration, it has been clear that the US sees itself as having… Continue reading Where do you stand?

Sinful desire, sin and tautology

Evangelicals Now are running a set of articles with John Stevens and Matthew Roberts engaging the concupiscence debate.  I’m looking forward to reading them and hoping that there will be proper interaction rather than the talking past each other that so far has characterised the debate.  I hope that Matthew will particularly engage with the… Continue reading Sinful desire, sin and tautology

We don’t talk about empathy no, no, no

You may recall a little hoo-ha a while back (I think it may have been a couple of years ago even when a prominent US Evangelical said that empathy is sin.  I engaged with the issue here and here. Well Evangelicals Now have decided to rake up the issue again in this article.  I hope… Continue reading We don’t talk about empathy no, no, no