Andy and Helen’s Journey Through The Bible in Five and Half Years
In the exhibition ‘Hidden Lives’ that took place at St Pancras International in January 2013, alongside the portrait of each urban refugee, there was a photograph of the individual’s most treasured possession. Leader: ‘Oh,...
This assembly is the third in a series I wrote on urban refugees which seems to fit in nicely with the Book of Ruth. In this assembly, we are going to think about...
Here’s the second of my assemblies on urban refugees – to see the refugees in the UK, visit Hidden Lives. London, Birmingham, New York, Nairobi, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Port au Prince……..these are just...
I’m not ready to move on from the subject of refugees yet. If it is to be one of the main issues of the upcoming election, then it is worth more reflection. Some of...
I’m new to the whole mother-in-law, daughter-in-law thing. I’ve only been a mother-in-law for ten days. And it’s been easy so far. I’ve known my daughter-in-law since she was 15. She’s grown up around...
I felt I couldn’t write this piece yesterday with it being Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday is all about joy and resurrection and new life. Although the reality for many people – and some people...
We rarely question the movement of people when we read biblical stories. It goes without comment in the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph that they travel from Nazareth to Bethlehem and then on...
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while...
The first of April…the start of a new chapter. My son’s wedding has been and gone – now I have a wedding-shaped hole in my to do list. All my crazy challenges for the...
I’ve never read the final three chapters of Judges before. Gang rape, dismemberment, idolatry, immorality and sodomy are not preached from the pulpit very often. These verses record the ultimate in depravity – the...
