The festival of the Ascension is one of those lesser known Christian festivals possibly because it hasn’t been given a public holiday to help with its promotion. The ascension itself – Jesus going into heaven – doesn’t lend itself to easy marketing because it…
‘Huh!’ I hadn’t exactly heard that before. I was at the ELCE’s Pastors’ Study Week and, as you can imagine, the general discussion was about God, faith, Christian discipleship and living – the things pastors might be expected to discuss and study and learn 😉 –…
The Lutheran Women’s League of Great Britain held its Convention online yesterday to which I was invited to lead the opening service and give a devotion. The theme was ‘The Beatitudes’ (Matthew 5:1-12). Often Christianity is thought of as being about rules and tasks…
I am listening to a podcast series (Statecraftiness) about politics and international relations (the focus is Australia and the Pacific Islands region) and how countries seek to influence other countries. I am finding it fascinating – not least because I sense that I am…
Next Saturday (6th May) King Charles III’s coronation is scheduled to take place and the United Kingdom and the world will see, I’m sure, pageantry at its finest. The coronation is a religious ceremony of the Church of England in which the monarch makes…
Later this afternoon at 3:00pm smartphones and tablets will make a loud siren sound as the British Government tests its new emergency alert service. You can get a preview of it online if you’re curious. I was curious and the alert siren does sound…
It’s been a while … but I did read something recently and thought ‘very good’ and wanted to share so here goes … Luther’s view of truth is inseparable from his doctrine of the Word of God. Without entering into the various inter- pretations…
I was saddened to read and hear a story of a naval chaplain who had retired having lost his faith. He describes himself now as an atheist and a humanist. A lot of the material in his story was about – and the material…
Whoops! “Oh Padre!” came the quiet comments – intakes of breath from the cadets – as well as smirks from the staff. We had just finished Colours at Sea Cadets and I had been dismissed but was still on deck as were the cadets…
I was intrigued to hear that from these past two years with COVID-19 a thing called ‘long grief’ is now being discussed which I discovered was a short hand for prolonged grief disorder. And yes, I was intrigued especially in this season of Easter…
