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Why I write about relationships, and why I hesitate
Two years ago I started this blog with a series of four posts one day after the next on relationships in the church. For better or worse it established the foundations of what I would write a lot...
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Is a little sin tolerable? Investment and searching for the good
The Church of England declares war on pay day lenders and then it’s uncovered they’re one of their investors. It’s a perfect story. And it draws back the curtain on the difficult business of ethical...
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Love in a time of courtship
Boy and girl meet. Boy and girl fall in love. Boy just knows girls is ‘the one’. Girl just knows boy is ‘the one’. So boy buys ring. And girl says ‘yes’. They live happily ever after and never argue....
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It’s a bubble wrap life: thoughts on modesty
Last night I ate at Nando’s. I went for a half chicken marinated in mango and lime dressing and it tasted good. I could have gone for it naked (or plain as they prefer to put it), but we all know that...
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The reliturgicalisation of the church
There was a time when if you went into a church you knew what you would get. And then churches decided to do something different, except they all did the same different thing. Kevin DeYoung has a...
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A Safe Bet? Gambling on a conflict of interests
MP takes donation from business man. It’s a bit of a dog bites man news story. Except when that politician has previously spoken out against the practice at the heart of said businessman’s interests....
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Is the strength of the Christian faith its moral guidance?
Over at the Heresy Corner blog Nelson Jones has a rather amusing take on David Cameron’s latest intervention into affairs of a religious nature. Parts of it are very funny, and parts are trying a bit...
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Seven fears that stop me asking girls out
Two years ago I wrote a post “why guys don’t ask girls out”. This is a different post, it’s what stops me from asking girls out. Not why guys don’t, but why I don’t. It is simple to slip into the...
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A church is more than timber and stone: on Egypt and not knowing what to think
When President Morsi was overthrown earlier in the summer I knew not what to think. Was this a good thing, a bad thing, or a complicated thing? I wanted to have it decided what I should think, which...
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Am I Beautiful? A review
This isn’t a review of whether or not I am beautiful, although it’s a question I’ve asked myself more this week than ever before. I’ve found myself looking in the mirror, taking in my appearance,...
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Is it the church or the media who’s obsessed with sex?
Credit: Alex Moyler Yesterday the Archbishop of Canterbury came to work for the official opening of our new building. He spoke with wisdom and grace, he spoke of the need for unity in the church –...
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Does the lobbying bill really gag charities?
Sometimes I like to read bills that are before parliament just for fun. I also have to do it for work. I’m not expert, I’m not a lawyer, and I don’t always know what various clauses mean and what...
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Doing a good turn as I turn 30
I sort of announced this yesterday on twitter and facebook. Six months yesterday I turn 30 and I’m not really one for parties. I usually have to be dragooned into doing something, conforming to social...
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Syria: Prayer is not a weapon of last resort
Last night Threads hosted a gathering to discuss Syria and what we can do in response to it. It also involved a broken chair which I was unfairly characterised as having ‘brandished’, but the less...
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On being single
Wind wisps through the air, leaves shiver on their stems. People bustle past the forlorn store fronts hurrying to find their way to some indistinct place. Their speed suggests purposes, urgency, a...
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Turning 30 | Turning the tide on violence against women
When 30 per cent of women across the world will experience violence from their partner in their lifetime this is something we should care about. When every year between six and ten per cent of women...
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Should street preachers be arrested?
It’s surely a QTWTAIN. A question to which the answer is no. Ensuring that people are free to preach, worship and change their religious beliefs is a fundamental freedom and a hallmark of a country...
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The curious case of Dr Drew and St Ignatius’ prayer
Sending a prayer to colleagues shouldn’t be a sackable offence. If we have freedom of religious expression what use is it if we are told we can only exercise it in private? Freedom of religion and...
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Miliband, the Mail and making sense of malice
I haven’t read the Daily Mail’s article about Ralph Miliband. Nor have I read Ed Miliband’s response. I did look at a photo posted on twitter of the Daily Mail’s editorial defending their decision and...
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When I fall out of love with social media
I Are there ever days when you can’t face getting out of bed, when the trauma seems too much, when people seem difficult, circumstances challenging and it all just a little bit too much. I have those...
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