I knew someone at school who considered himself to be a Christian because he was born in Britain – it was about where he was born. We are Church of England, and some believe living in England (or being English)
Here we go again
It’s a well-worn cliché that history continually repeats itself. And it’s certainly true that from time to time things happen which seem surprisingly similar to events we learned about in history – though I’m sure we’ve all heard the word
Pie in the Sky?
Why do you want to go to heaven? What are you looking forward to? Maybe that seems like a bizarre question – who wouldn’t want to live forever in a place of joy and peace? But won’t it get boring?
A love better than life
In one of the Psalms, David makes this remarkable statement: ‘Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.’ (Psalm 63:3) How is God’s love better than life itself? Here are three ways I’ve been thinking about
Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord
Let’s sing a hymn. But which one? A modern song, or a traditional hymn; with the organ, a guitar, unaccompanied? And what about drums? The music is too loud, too quiet, too fast, too slow, a song we sing too