How I'm doing: increased illness in 2024
I found this old blogpost from April that I had forgotten to publish at the time, about where my chronic illness had got to at that point.
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Aug 298 min read
Righteous rich, unrighteous poor?
Is there such a thing as a righteous rich person, and conversely an unrighteous poor? Is it that all poor people should be treated as...
May 208 min read
Enduring: when suffering doesn't lead to growth
“The word we might use most commonly next to "suffering" is "season." But what if your experience of suffering is your life's climate?...
Apr 75 min read
I hate charity: why justice matters
I hate charity. Not when I’m giving: when I’m giving, I love charity. It makes me feel better about myself, because I have done something...
Mar 119 min read
The evangelical interest in idolatry
A few weeks ago I came across these tweets by Sophie Killingley, @PrettySophieK, 9th Feb 2024: 1) The Evangelical urge to view everything...
May 29, 20239 min read
Turning the other cheek
I have had reason recently to reflect on my own assertiveness and how this fits with Jesus’ injunctions to turn the other cheek, go a...
Apr 7, 202312 min read
Accessing the Divine: attending the BTIC conference 2023
I was pleased to be able to watch, over zoom, the second ‘Accessing the Divine’ conference, held by Boston Theological Inter-religious...
Dec 13, 202210 min read
Book reviews: Lowborn, Disconnected Youth, and The Least, The Last and The Lost
Lowborn I recently read Kerry Hudson’s 2019 book, Lowborn. I don’t really have much to say about it, because honestly it is so good. And...
Nov 20, 20225 min read
Evangelicals and Social Action: a book review
Evangelicals and Social Action: from John Wesley to John Stott Ian Shaw (2021) Inter-Varsity Press Ian Shaw starts his book with a...
Nov 8, 20228 min read
God and Government: a book review
God and Government Edited by Nick Spencer and Jonathan Chaplin Foreword by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Published by London:...
Sep 13, 20228 min read
When leadership isn't serving
I have often wondered about the passage in Acts where the apostles appoint seven leaders to specifically oversee the distribution of food...
May 29, 20227 min read
Depression and faith: is it okay for a Christian to be depressed?
I’ve been thinking about depression and Christianity these last few days as the topic came up in a recent sermon at my church. It’s a...
May 23, 202210 min read
The Least, the Last and the Lost should include the long-term unemployed
I was recently recommended Mez McConnell’s latest book, The Least, The Last and The Lost (I think that’s the right order!). Church Action...
May 7, 202210 min read
Poverty is not an individual choice, and that's not a Marxist idea
“There is no presumption in Scripture that if a person is poor it was because of injustice Now, we do see in Scripture, especially in the...
Apr 10, 20229 min read
The mission of Jesus: a response to Greg Koukl, part 2
Last time I posted the first blog of my response to Greg Koukl’s conversation with Dr Sean McDowell about the mission of Jesus. I queried...
Mar 27, 202210 min read
Is Jesus a social justice campaigner?
This morning I started listening to Dr Sean McDowell with Greg Koukl about ‘what was the mission of Jesus?’, based on Koukl’s 2021 book,...
Mar 7, 20228 min read
Standing to worship: why it matters
We think that we have an emotion, and our body then responds with the appropriate physiological response. One of my psychology lecturers...
Feb 28, 20226 min read
Standing to worship: does it exclude disabled people?
Yesterday I came across this tweet from Heather Renee Morgan, @H_R_Morgan: “"Stand if you are able" isn't the inclusive statement people...
Feb 16, 20224 min read
Money: its actions, not attitudes, that matter
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about the relevance of our ‘attitudes’ to things in Christianity. It’s fairly common, at least in my...
Feb 1, 20228 min read
Love always trusts: when racism isn't.
My church currently runs weekly evening sessions where we get to discuss or hear about slightly ‘wider’ issues or perhaps one might say...
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