One item of Victorian furnishing sadly hasn’t been restored to fashion by Fiona Bruce’s Antiques Roadshow: the nineteenth-century belief that the British Isles were peculiarly blessed by God. Yet if you think of the times of the year when we [...]
Nicolas Stebbing CR urges us to see past St Paul’s difficult reputation to appreciate his grasp of God’s glory and love A priest I know used to describe St Paul’s writings as rather like a currant bun! If you have [...]
Nicholas Turner urges us not to react to the media frenzy at the end of the month There are times when it is important for the Church to speak out and times when it is wiser and more generous to [...]
Nicolas Stebbing CR urges us to see past St Paul’s difficult reputation to appreciate his grasp of God’s glory and love A priest I know used to describe St Paul’s writings as rather like a currant bun! If you have [...]
Philip North explains how churches can create a good first impression I was very struck by a conversation I once had with a church organist. His own parish had given him ten weeks sabbatical leave, and finding himself for the [...]
Mission and Church Growth Damian Feeney on the findings of the Church Growth Research Programme and the true nature of mission Part of the familiar rhetoric which has coloured the life of the Church since the early Nineties has involved [...]
The Church of England continues to remain focused on growth and mission and this is a good thing. It is unclear whether the revision of the baptismal rite will lead to growth or whether it is good for the mission [...]
The Church’s Divinity I hope in Jesus Christ before I hope in the Church. Unlike her Lord’s humanity the Church’s humanity is flawed by sin so though I love her it is with critical loyalty. And yet the Church contains [...]
Ss Peter and Paul, Eye, Suffolk Eye church has a brilliant location, an eye-stopper at the end of its street near the centre of this market town. And of course it is the tower that does it. If you have [...]
Christopher Smith wonders why some in the Church of England want to take the devil out of the rite of baptism I’m still not a twitterer, but I have recently discovered to my almost unbearable delight that the Church of [...]