by contemporarychristianity_admin | Sep 14, 2023 | P.S.
A number of weeks ago I went to a prayer meeting that began, as almost all such gatherings do, with a time of praise and adoration of God. How we pray spontaneously – the language and the ‘personal liturgy’ that we use – tells us a great deal about who we...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Aug 23, 2023 | P.S.
Every summer in our church, we host Meet the Neighbours, a community engagement festival offering free hospitality and welcome to our local community. As this year’s event approached, we found ourselves facing one particular quandary. With summer rainfall levels the...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jul 18, 2023 | P.S.
My wife and I have just enjoyed a short break, which included a two-night stay in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh is hilly and since suffering a stroke two years ago Hazel uses a wheelchair. To be honest I thought we were doing well when we found a disabled parking...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Aug 25, 2021 | P.S.
REASONS TO BE HOPEFUL The news headlines over recent weeks have been as dispiriting as any recent period I can remember. The outworking of the climate emergency is increasingly apparent, unfolding on every continent and with the scale and frequency of extreme weather...
by admin | Jul 24, 2020 | P.S.
In Chapter 10 of St Matthew’s Gospel, we find the second of Jesus’ great sermons in that Gospel. He has picked his 12 apostles and he is sending them out with a set of instructions. What does he say to his missionaries then – and now? Firstly, Jesus says that they are...
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