How to make a good church website (part 1)

I’m an Anglican minister, which means that technology and I have already gotten off on the wrong foot. Most of the churches I’ve been involved with have struggled to maintain any sort of functional website – you know, like one that tells you church service times which were accurate at any point in the last … Read more…

Deuteronomy (sermon series)

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Even I can be a strong man

I’ve got a problem with most books on masculinity. Actually, I can think of three: When I was growing up my chosen sport was playing piano. The last time I tried to chop my own firewood we very nearly froze. I have never been invited to go riding bareback with Mark Driscoll. And when I … Read more…

Hot crossed buns

The artist and easter

It’s just after lunch on the day of a new art exhibition. Tonight a great artist will unveil her beautiful masterwork, her life’s work. You’ve come to take a sneak peek at the show. But something is terribly wrong. Walking through the front door you stop dead in your tracks. Your brain scrambles to process … Read more…

Come, follow me (Loving others in the digital age)

Some days I lament that I spend more time cultivating a digital presence than personal Godliness. I have thus, with a disconcerting mix of eagerness and uncertainty, come to accept the continued digitalization of the world in which I live. One thing I am certain of is the need to think seriously about how to live as a follower of Jesus in the digital age.
The following is based on a seminar Andrea delivered at the Barneys Broadway weekend away this year.

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Friendship

This post is an edited form of a talk I gave at Barneys evening church weekend away. The main theme of the weekend was connecting back up things about being human (love, sex, friendship and marriage) which in our modern world are too often separated in our thinking – separated from each other, and from … Read more…