RUMBLINGS FROM THE CAVERN It seems almost indecent of a "youth event" to have a Silver Jubilee, but while the Church of England was enjoying the exposure assured it by the Nine O'clock Service, the rest of us were celebrating [...]
NAME IT AND CLAIM IT A preacher at a famous south London non conformist church was surprised by latecomers at a morning service recently. Two Imams and a "large man in a suit" came and sat in the front row. [...]
Reconsidering allegorical Interpretation As the Oxford Reformers began to rediscover their High Church foundations of the seventeenth century, they immediately encountered the patristic ethos of the Caroline divines, who specially revered Augustine. Owen Chadwick wrote: ...a momentous difference to the [...]
The English view of the American is traditionally ambivalent. The old truism “What America did yesterday England will do tomorrow”, is usually uttered with a resignation that conceals a mixture of horror and excitement. Deep personal friendships and battle hardened [...]
By What Authority?: Mark 7:1-23 In our Christian faith we need a court of appeal to which we can turn when we find ourselves in disagreement with one another. This passage tells of a conflict between two possible sources of [...]
The National Assembly 1995 - a glimpse into the future The view of the National Assembly from the Director’s desk as he writes these words is one of well-controlled and purposeful chaos! The Assembly is just fourteen days away. Will [...]
John Broadhurst considers some recent translations of the Bible and finds them less than attractive Most of the clergy have had to struggle with New Testament Greek so that they can understand the original text and grasp the nuances of [...]
Terry Kelshaw observes the spin doctors of American Anglicanism rendering the unpalatable acceptable. This has not been a good year for the Episcopal Church in the United States. Some would say it has not been a good decade, with unprecedented [...]
Lindsay Urwin explains the vision which has led to the bishops' initiative Kiss-me-quick hats will be replaced by mitres, and ‘I do like to be beside the seaside’ will give way to songs of a more sacred variety as bishops, [...]
Harvest Thanksgiving It is very easy to be cynical about so called "folk religion". An expression of this vague attachment to the Christian Faith has been the popularity of the Harvest Thanksgiving. It is significant that this commemoration was nowhere [...]