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Last week I spoke about reading Elizabeth Strout’s new novel Tell Me Everything. I read it twice on holiday. I find that reading her...

I have recently returned from holiday (hence the break from this blog). Although it is sometimes true that “a change is as good as a...

The actor Adrian Edmundson speaks about his comic influences, these including Laurel and Hardy, Spike Milligan and Flannagan and Allen....

On Friday evening 20th September we had a pre-launch event for the Latvian translation of God is in the House . It is was a pre-launch...

I have known four recent pastors of East London Tabernacle in Mile End, London. The church began with the ministry of the first student...

I wrote last week about the anticipated Oasis reunion in 2025. In an article in the Times David Hepworth, whose book Hope I get Old...

One of my favourite psalms is Psalm 133 which begins: “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!” The 2011...

Monday morning is a delicate time for the preacher. Some preachers feel exhausted or down after a busy Sunday, especially if things have...

It is that time of the year again when pastors or church members are on their holidays and each Sunday morning has something of the...

Two radio programmes in the past week have got me thinking about the power of storytelling. The first was Desert Island Discs featuring...

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris was notable for a variety of reasons. It was an imaginative spectacle that used Paris...

Preachers, politicians and stand-up comedians still speak to crowds. President Zelensky of Ukraine has combined the last of these two in...