Discerning the Call   Andy Hawes    Every Christian experiences the call of Christ in their lives. Faith in Christ and partaking in the life of the Church is itself a response to His call. Most, if not all, spiritual [...]

Arthur Middleton on Loving Learning and Desiring God   This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold; For that which God doth touch and own Cannot for less be told. George Herbert    The Flame of Prayerful Living [...]

Tom Sutcliffe considers senior appointments   The appointment in 2017 of Sir Nicholas Serota to be chairman of Arts Council England, when he retired from running the Tate Gallery for nearly 30 years, was almost as surprising as the 1981 [...]

John Gayford considers the disciple closest to Jesus   The Beloved Disciple is portrayed in the gospel as the one Jesus loved and who is close to him at the Last Supper. He is depicted as a real person; who [...]

Thurifer considers some Comper   Ninian Comper, great architect of ‘unity by inclusion’ said, ‘the atmosphere of a church should be such as to hush the thoughtless voice.’ That can equally be achieved in the beauty of simplicity and austerity, [...]

From the Vice Chairman (Clerical) of Forward in Faith   Sir,   Might I take this opportunity to correct one small but significant factual error in the Bishop of Burnley’s otherwise excellent and encouraging article (A Missioner to the Catholic [...]

Art   CArs: accelerating the modern world Victoria and Albert Museum until 19th April, 2020    ‘Multum in parvo,’ Mr Sponge’s dangerous nag from his ‘Sporting Tour’ neatly sums up this exhibition. There is much here in a small space. [...]

Christopher Smith joins Molesworth in looking at the General Synod   A friend recently delighted me by throwing a quotation from Molesworth into our conversation.  Nigel Molesworth was the product of the imagination of Geoffrey Willans, who wrote the diary [...]

‘Faithful God, your compassion embraces all people. Renew your church in service of the urban estates of our nation; that anointed by you Spirit we may bear witness to your power to heal and save, and the transforming love revealed [...]

J Alan Smith considers this misleading metaphor   Readers of a certain age will no doubt recall terms from Mathematics like the Highest Common Factor (HCF), the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM), and, a variation of the latter, the Lowest Common [...]