Let’s Guard Our Hearts
Every now and then someone tells me that they’ve had to have their heart checked out by the doctor. Our hearts are very important – it’s important to look after…
Join the Christmas Hymns of Praise
Here are the words that lie at the heart of the Christmas story:And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An…
Your Life With God?
When we chose names for our children, I was unhelpfully decisive. I was sure of the names I didn’t want! Eventually we chose names with meanings we liked, but only…
Pastoral Care
Dear Friends, I would like to raise the issue of ‘pastoral care’ at St. Andrew’s. ‘Pastoral care’ is a vague term and another word for it would simply be ‘love’.…
Brexit Prayers
OK, I’m going to do it. I’m going to write about Brexit. (Is anyone still reading?) But I’m not going to write about these things: • Whether I favour Leave…
Three Types of Christian Doors
I was struck by an image in a sermon of Robin’s that he preached on 1 Corinthians 16 where Paul writes “a great door for effective work has opened”. The…
Jesus, the Real Aslan
Growing up, I’d so long to get into Narnia that, despite being in hot, humid Malaysia, I’d put on my mum’s heavy winter jacket that she used for travelling, walk…
Giving Up Our Rights, Why?
We live in an age of unprecedented rights and freedoms. We may groan at the amount of democracy being flung at us at the moment (local elections, European elections… a…
