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The Grammar of Praise: “Immortal, Invisible”, Verse 1

September 11, 2020

Hymns seem quite important recently.  The scarcity of them in our present situation makes them seem more valuable, and I …

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Doctrine, Mission and Vocation in Samuel Wells’ “What Anglicans Believe”

July 5, 2020

I was recently given a copy of Samuel Wells’ excellent book What Anglicans Believe: An Introduction.  It’s well worth a …

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Preaching the rest of the year: On Trinity Sunday sermons

June 7, 2020

As Trinity Sunday comes over the horizon of the liturgical year, a familiar nervousness sets in amongst those who observe …

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How do you read the Bible?

September 11, 2018

Some recent discussions online about how we read the Bible made me remember a question a friend asked me a …

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A Question of Theology

July 31, 2018

As I wrote in my last piece, I’ve been looking back on the last couple of years of training for …

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Things I didn’t know before I trained for ministry in the Church of England – “I’m not as radical as I thought I was”

July 28, 2018

I’ve had confirmation of passing training, I’ve been sent details of the service at the Minster, and so after a …

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“at evensong, one hour before the sun go down”: a Sermon on the Parable of the Vineyard

April 5, 2018

Preached at the church of St. John the Baptist, Beeston, during September 2017.   May I speak in the name …

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Sunday Morning in the Midlands

March 20, 2018

It’s a spring(ish) morning so the birds are making themselves known outside the window by the time I get up.  …

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Why I Am A Christian

October 11, 2017

Rather more than a year ago, whilst I was applying to train as a lay minister, I was asked to …

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The Parson’s Handbook by Percy Dearmer: A Classic of Victorian Anglicanism

June 14, 2017

Today the Erewash Press published a book I’m very proud of: our affordable Kindle edition of The Parson’s Handbook by …

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My latest book investigates a literary urban legend about Shakespeare and the King James Bible.

Words of Power: Reading Shakespeare and the Bible - my book on the history and use of these two texts.

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