This month we will remember all those who have died in the two world wars, and all wars and conflicts. We will remember the sacrifice...

So, I am now a Reverand. I occasionally get letters in the post which remind me of the fact and we had a whole big party to celebrate it!...

Recently, I have had to buy light bulbs. I haven’t had to buy lightbulbs for quite some time. In fact, it was about the time that...

Recently, I have had to choose what colours I would like the walls at the manse painted. I’m not great with choice, but when it comes to...

I recently went away on my college’s end of year retreat. One of the passages that we were reflecting on was Psalm 18:19 - He brought me...

Lisa and I recently attended the Baptist Union of Great Britain Assembly in Telford when members of Baptist Churches throughout the UK...

As you may know, I have recently started to experience symptoms of an old neurological condition I had many years ago called Functional...

I recently visited my Godson for the first time after the longest period of time without having seen him since he was born. He had just...

I’m walking on my way to church. It’s a grey day. It’s sort of raining. Well no, it is  raining, it’s just that it’s the sort of rain...

I am not one to step down from a challenge. When the going gets tough, the tough get going, or so the saying goes. I have always been one...

Well it’s a new year and a new look! No, I didn’t get a new haircut (for those of you who only know me through reading these articles, I...

Love came down at Christmas. So the poem by Christina Rossetti goes. And so I believe it did. But that’s not all that came down at...

There is a path that I often walk. I have walked it many times. When I walk it, I don’t need to look where I am going, I know the path...

Some films find their success in being exactly what the audience expect, whilst others intentionally play with their expectations. When...

In the seventies there was a band who wrote a famous song entitled “25 or 6 to 4”. As a youngster I discovered this song as I was going...

I recently went away with my college to Rydal, a beautiful part of the lake district. While we were there, we were encouraged by the...

As many of you will know, this month sees the deadline for the last (and majority) of my second-year essays. As a consequence, lately my...

There are things in this life that I like, and things that I don’t. Things that I like include my bed. Things that I don’t like include...

Easter will soon be upon us. The day that we have been waiting for. Lent will finish, our waiting will end and Easter will come. The day...

As we head towards lent, as Church, we enter a time of waiting where we reflect upon Jesus’ life and prepare for his death (and...

As you may well know, I love learning more about the languages that the bible was originally written in. I feel that it really helps me...

Happy new year! It’s strange writing this knowing that as you read it, you are beginning 2023 whilst I am still finishing 2022. For you,...

When my mind is full of the business of life, I like nothing more than going for a walk to clear my head. There’s something about the...

Tanks roar and bullets fly explosions light up the midnight sky and as I look through the dense night air the intermittent flashes reveal...

Thursday the 8th of September 2022 was a strange day. As news of the Queens death spread across the country a strange almost palpable...

I’m on the verge of being late to a meeting at church. This isn’t that unusual because I have an unhealthy compulsion to try to fit...

Last week I drove past somewhere where I had gone for a walk with a friend a long time ago. It was only a short walk, but at its end was...

I don’t like politics. I find it wearisome and boring. Or least that’s what I tell myself, but the deeper truth is that I don’t like...

When I was an infant I attended a Church of England Primary school, where we had assemblies every day. In each assembly there would be a...

I am not famed for my observation, if anything, quite the opposite; my lack of observation is infamous. I once fell down a mechanics pit...

I don’t know about you, but I often find myself asking the question; what if…? The world is full of possibilities and sometimes I like to...

I like cake. I mean who doesn’t right? I even quite enjoy baking cakes, although I rarely find the time. But as well as enjoying them I...

It’s a new year! A new start. A blank piece of paper. A chance to start over again. Or at least that’s perhaps what the new year’s hype...

It is now December. Christmas trees are appearing in town centres and Christmas adverts have already been on the TV for weeks. I now have...

It probably won’t surprise you to hear that I’m not someone who takes a long time worrying about my appearance or what others think about...

This week marks one complete month of living in my new home of Alvechurch and working as the Minister in Training here. Everyone from...