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Category: cross

  • at one ment

    About ten years ago some Christians got rather hot under the collar about a book written by Steve Chalke: The Lost Message of Jesus. They particularly got very upset about one small phrase in the book relating to one of the metaphors the Bible has to try to illustrate and explain what Jesus’ death on…

  • essentials

    So… the Baptist Union of Great Britain has a new logo. That’s bad news for Baptist Churches that have the old one embedded into their architecture! The old logo contained a cross, water and a fish. The new logo is explained in this diagram: (You have to recognise that the fish is swimming downwards). Oh…

  • family planning

    I wasn’t planning an adoption I already have enough children One has just been torn from my grasp and ripped from my heart Typical of him, though, to be thinking of me Right at the end In the midst of it all I wasn’t planning an adoption but I have just been adopted.

  • Crucify Hymns

    Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Not really. I mean, I knew it was happening and I did watch from a distance. But it wasn’t like I was wielding a hammer or holding the nails. What’s that? Well, yes I did join in with the crowd but then everybody does don’t they? You…

  • costly communion

    During a visit to Oxford my wife Sally went to a the Christian bookshop and came out with a book that is full of the theology for me. ‘When Clergymen Ruled the Earth‘ by Simon Jenkins is a book of cartoons based around church life, and particularly ministers/vicars. I’ve been enjoying some of them this…

  • getting fruity

    This morning I have been looking at the subjects for the next part of our morning preaching series. We are working our way through Luke’s Gospel – we may be some time! This passage particularly struck me (it’s Jesus speaking…) “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each…

  • the mother of all oxymorons

    I’m back. I have been away at our church holiday at Sizewell Hall on the Suffolk coast, just next door to Sizewell Nuclear Power Station. I felt quite at home! We were all quite tired when we got home so decided to order takeaway pizza for tea. I think everyone else in the church must…

  • getting in a stew about the cross (or getting cross about a stew)

    Stew the Rabbit and I are about to visit another school this morning. It will be his first visit there and I hope he is well-behaved. He is going to try a magic trick which may or may not come off… The theme will be exploring crosses. an ‘x’ can be a sign that you…

  • at the foot of the cross

    Who is there at the foot of the cross? Simon of Cyrene? A visitor to Jerusalem. He was not a follower of Jesus but somehow got caught up in the events and carried the cross for Jesus. Women who were distraught about the execution of the one who had shown them dignity and honour. Who…

  • cross purposes

    (as opposed to angry dolphins which would be cross porpoises!) I had a wonderful experience on Monday evening this week. We had an open invitation to men in the church to join together at a local hostelry for an evening – food and friendship are a great combination. Good food, good conversation, good evening. A…