INTO THE UNKNOWN- YOU TOO? READING: Mark 9, verses 38-40 A very short Gospel reading today but a heavily loaded one. Jesus says that anyone who is not against him…

DO YOU KNOW ME? I never really got the hang of kick-starting a motorbike. I don’t know why- there was nothing wrong with my legs- but when I had only…

INTO THE UNKNOWN- WHAT DO YOU WANT? Back in 1991, I was invited to preach at the local Women’s World Day of Prayer service. Women’s World Day of Prayer (now…

INTO THE UNKNOWN-DO YOU CARE? You know those old comedy programmes from the nineteen sixties and seventies, shown on TV with a warning note that this programme contains language and…

ARE YOU OUT THERE? For many of us the 1st September has long felt almost like a New Year. Children go back to school and start in new classes; families…

THE WRONG PLACE? Less than two years ago, I remember thinking how lucky my generation had been. Because, unlike our parents and grandparents we had not had to live through…

FACING THE WORST SO- here are twelve big tough men out in a boat; they see their best friend coming towards them; promptly assume he must be a ghost and…

TEARING UP THE PLAN In more than one religion, producing food in desert places is the mark of a true God. In the earlier books of our Bible, there are…

CUTTING SOME SLACK It was in 1989 that I first moved into the South East. I was called to be Associate Minister of the URC in Purley, at that time,…

PICKING UP THE VIBES READING: Mark 6,verses 14-29. The death of John the Baptist Why would anybody want to have a story like this read in church? It is not…