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The first national lockdown of the Covid pandemic started four years ago this week. The guidance was to stay at home if at all possible,...

Fred Craddock, the iconic teacher of Narrative Preaching, used to tell a little joke about his discipline of Practical Theology: “It is...

After teaching all day in Riga at the School of Preachers I had a walk along the river with another pastor who was in Riga that weekend....

In this week four years ago, I started working as the training director of the School of Preachers Trust. My first task was to visit...

Last week the BBC Radio family was united in grief for the loss of iconic DJ Steve Wright and unanimous in appreciation of his unique...

I heard someone speaking this morning about the role of an inspirational teacher in their lives. This teacher had lit a spark of interest...

I was talking my wife this week about what is it that makes a person a good preacher. We agreed that the primary thing that helped us to...

Scripture is full of people’s stories. In thinking about how God relates to people in Scripture we can imagine his involvement in our...

It will be a pity if Maestro, Bradley Cooper’s biopic of the iconic American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is only remembered...

The actor Andrew Scott has recently spoken about his need to very emphatically pause in the middle of a Shakespearean play. The reason...

I love the TV advert for Audible that begins: “The greatest storyteller always had the perfect story whenever you needed to hear it.”...

I love the exchange between Fred Craddock, the legendary teacher of preaching, and one of his students. The student had turned in a...