Ministers' Blog

‘Prayer is a marvellous and necessary supplement of our feeble efforts but it is a dangerous substitute’ Martin Luther King. I do not know the original context of these words. The quotation turned up in the monthly mail-out of Contemplation and Action; a movement based on the ministry of Franciscan Richard Rohr. It was part of a series of comments…

What do we do about the story of the Ascension of Jesus? Do we really have to believe that if we had been there we would have seen Jesus going up into the sky? Two hymns help us to consider these questions. The first from the 1700s, the other written in the last fifty years. They are both in the…

Abraham was charged by God to teach his children ‘the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just’ (Genesis 18:19) and ever since we have wondered what that means. Jonathan Sacks gives a superb summary of how the Jews have interpreted this instruction in his latest book, Morality. ‘Love your neighbour. Love the stranger. Hear the cry…

Rev John Weaver reflects on how we should respond to the coronavirus pandemic

Reflections on a seminar at the CRE Exhibition in March.