I have been thinking a lot about, and dealing with loss as the pastor of GMC. We have recently lost one of our members to cancer, a disease that must surely affect everyone in society as some level. We all surely know someone who has suffered from, beaten or succumbed...

Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (USA) preached at the recent wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the newly titled Duke and Duchess of Sussex. In doing so he may well have spoke into many homes and lives of those who profess no faith or no Christian...

One definition of toleration is “the acceptance of an action, object, or person which one dislikes or disagrees with, where one is in a position to disallow it but chooses not to”1. As we move  hopefully and eventually into spring, and each day takes us closer to Brexit, with more...

So Declan Donnelly has managed it – he presented, the last show recorded at ITV’s London Studios, without his 29 year on-screen partner Ant McPartlin. By all accounts it was an emotional affair and according to onlookers he ‘looked nervous to start with’ and his ‘relief afterwards was telling’. But...

LENT—is the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday (the day after ‘pancake day’) through to Easter observed by many in the Christian faith across denominations as a time of preparation for the celebration of the Easter morning. Lent is also the past tense of lend, which is to give use of...

I picked up a new book recently (nothing new there!) by a missionary to the Congo, Helen Roseveare (1925-2016) titled ‘ENOUGH’1. Helen strived in her work to serve her Lord every day, through many trials, and encouraging others to do the same. The book cover says this of ‘Enough’ (highlights...

So, as I write this, it is six week since my ordination and induction as Minister at Gillespie Memorial Church, and these six weeks have flown by. Though I didn’t really expect anything else, starting my ministry in the run up to the Advent season and preparing for the JOY...