Christianity & Science – A Compatible Pairing
Question: What is the Christian Faith? Answer (by a man in the street): Resolutely shutting your eyes to scientific fact. This exchange was recorded by the crime novel writer Dorothy…
Take Heart
The recent movie ‘The Favourite’ stars Olivia Colman as Queen Anne. I haven’t seen it but it caught my eye because I was reading a book called ‘England: Before and…
The Multi-faceted Diamond
Do you ever find yourself feeling you’re outside the ‘in-crowd’? Or that no-one ‘likes’ your posts on social media? Or frustrated that someone chopped you off their Christmas card list…
God’s Path or Ours?
Just imagine for a moment what would happen to the Earth if the Sun suddenly disappeared. I expect all sorts of things would happen but focus on these two: the…
An Even Better Christmas
After 2000 years we’re still celebrating Jesus’ birthday. Why on earth do we do it? Why are we still doing it?Lots of people celebrate because, well, Christmas is fun and…
Christmas Joy & Frowns
In one of my mum’s photo albums there’s a photo of me looking pretty grumpy. I’m sat down wearing a dressing gown with a tea towel on my head and…
Belonging
The church, above all humanity, should know the deep joy of belonging. We are people who, in Christ, belong to God and to one another. If any group holds the…
Hellos at St. Andrew’s!
Dear Friends, Even though many of us don’t operate on the school calendar, September still feels like a new start; not least because we need to say a string of…
