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    Beauty & Brokenness

    What is the most beautiful place on earth? It’s one of those unanswerable dinner table questions. So much depends on personal perspectives and preferences: one... Read more
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    Freedom of Conscience in a Culture of Death

    “What is the crux of secularism? It is that belief in an underlying or moral equality of humans implies that there is a sphere in which each should be free to make his... Read more
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    Terminological Appropriation

    A characteristic of our cultural moment is a lexicon that everyone is meant to know, use, and defer to. On a long car journey I had fun thinking about how some of these... Read more
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    Pastoral Planning for a Super Majority

    In an election in which there was no party for which I wanted to vote, my personal opinion was that the least worst result would be a Labour victory with a small... Read more
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    More Work to be Done

    Two weeks’ time and there will be a new government in the UK. I’m still not sure how I will vote (‘None of the above’ feels the most attractive option) but... Read more
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    1994 and All That, 30 Years On

    Ten years ago I wrote an essay reflecting on the events of twenty years before that: the ‘Toronto Blessing’, or ‘Present move of the Spirit’ of 1994. And here we... Read more
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    What Is Christian Nationalism?

    As US electoral politics rumbles on in its current ugly form, one issue of significance is 'Christian Nationalism'. This, like its equal and opposite 'woke', is a term... Read more
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    Pursuing the Presence of God

    Last week I was in Houston for the Advance global conference. A highlight of the teaching was this session by Tope Koleoso on pursuing the presence of God. It is really... Read more
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    I’m Sorry

    Apologising can be difficult. Being British, ‘I’m sorry’, is a reflexive response in multiple situations. No one would confuse that with a meaningful apology... Read more
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    The Glory of Easter

    On Wednesday I was at a recital of Bach’s Easter Oratorio. At Easter there is a lot of Bach about, and – if classical music is your thing – it is joyous. Read more