Is it just me or are we just getting hit by one thing after another?” Charlotte and I were chatting. I had recently returned from visiting the police who were dealing with yet another troublesome domestic situation but at the same time they mentioned…
The invasion of Ukraine is sadly the media moment. What is it about? Who says the answer? It is not the only conflict happening in the world. I am unsure how many people are aware of the conflict in Yemen – now in its…
It was a lovely Saturday online yesterday at the ELCE’s Day of Reflection ‘Singing our Christian Faith’. There was a wide range of songs and hymns – from centuries ago to ones written by ELCE members a few years! Each song had a story…
I heard a fascinating podcast during my driving this week about our inner voice – how we speak to ourselves to remember, to coach ourselves, to rehearse, to prepare and plan, and to help us make sense of our experiences and the world. Part…
On this day in 1952 Princess Elizabeth, in Kenya at the time, acceded the throne upon the death of her father, King George VI, and so began the longest reign of a British monarch – a second Elizabethan age so to speak. Today the…
I am sitting at home not wanting the phone to ring. I don’t want to ‘go to work’. What is wrong with me? “Don’t you want to share the love of Jesus, George?!” Well … it is true that I believe Jesus says ‘I…
I was at Sea Cadets this week and asked to sit with a group of relatively new cadets and help them plan what we might do for Her Majesty’s Platinum celebrations in June. We had a variety of weird, wacky, and worthy ideas and…
My devotional thought at the beginning of the ELCE’s Discussion Day yesterday. 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace…
I haven’t mentioned cricket much lately. 😉 As I write, the 4th Ashes Test has just begun in Sydney. When you read this, the outcome will be known. So you know the outcome of which I don’t know. I can guess and hope about…
My son sent me an article about NASA hiring theologians and asked whether I was interest- ed? Of course! I could do it ‘on the side’. 😉 It turned out to be a programme a few years back of gathering 24 theologians to look…
