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Category: followers of Jesus

  • episode 10

  • salty light

    A short while ago I wrote a bloggage about taking action against the apparent rise in racist abuse and violence  and I have been reflecting on that since then. You see I think it is really important that we don’t just tut and roll our eyes when we hear about people being threatened, shouted at, trolled…

  • sunny side up

    “How do you like your eggs in the morning?” sings Helen O’Connell in the opening line to an old duet with Dean Martin… “I like mine with a kiss” Dean Martin replies. This song (or extracts from it) have been played regularly on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 for the past few years.…

  • episode 9

  • signet rings*

      Last Sunday I had the unusual experience of hearing a sermon preached from Haggai. BIG points to any of you who have ever preached from Haggai, bonus points if you can find it without having to rummage through the Minor Prophets! It’s a fascinating little book that dovetails particularly with Ezra and the rebuilding…

  • episode 8

  • episode 7

  • how do you read the Bible?

    How do you read the Bible? That question has a range of answers from the simple: “You open the book and read the words on the pages” to the complex: “You need to understand the culture surrounding the events and you need to understand the form of literature that you are reading.” Actually both are…

  • a rANT against violence 

    Over recent weeks and months there seems to have been an escalation in hatred, violence and bloodshed across the world. It may just be a perception-thing, and the situation may not be worse than what I hesitate to call ‘normal’, but there have been so many atrocities. How do you feel about it? I have…

  • episode 5