A post Methodist Conference reflection

The current crisis of Covid-19 and the closure of church premises has created a huge flurry of activity, particularly on the part of cler...

On the 20th anniversary of my ordination

None of us predicted we would be where we are by the middle of June. Our premises are still closed and most of us have acquired some new ...

a sermon recorded for online worship in the South Warwickshire Methodist Circuit.

I didn’t realise until yesterday that International Workers’ Day on 1st May started in the aftermath of a protest in the United States. K...

My first reflection from #NavigatingChange19 is about ecclesiology, provoked by Martyn Atkins.

The new film by Ozon, By the Grace of God, provokes some thoughts of the nature of confidentiality in and beyond the confessional.

It is finished! Methodist Conference 2019 is finally over and all the representatives have returned to their homes in Britain and around ...

Does conscience threaten Connexionalism in the Methodist Church? I argue it has the potential to do the opposite.

I feel profoundly sad at the minute. As someone who lives with depression, sadness is no stranger, but this is the kind of sadness that i...

A single cross, Shining in the Darkness, mid Charred fragments Of ancient beams. A people mourn their Mother, who Soaked their tear-stain...

A sermon preached at the Presbyteral Synod of the Birmingham District on 20 March 2019 Why did the lost sheep have to go and ruin things?...

So many people have kept faith with Mark and me as we have weathered the vicissitudes of stationing since November. This comes by way of ...

Everyone needs allies. The heart of the Methodist faith is our interdependence on others to make us, and keep us, Christian. When individ...

As I head to the Susanna Wesley Foundation office in Southlands College each week, I pass a large sign which reads: A reading people will...

The last few months have been hard work and for those friends who have offered support, love, thoughts and prayers, both of us are profou...

Advent has taken on a new meaning for us this year, as we have been involved in the Methodist stationing system. Little did we know that,...

It is nearly 20 years since I entered Circuit (or started travelling, as they used to call it!). Yet this is the first time I have been t...

It’s easy to think that theology is something we do in our spare time, with a glass of wine in our hand perhaps. It has become something ...