I heard an astonishing story recently. A friend’s mother, well-respected and of deep Christian faith, announced to her grown-up family that she’d converted to another religion. The announcement was met
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‘In the Roman Empire, you know that those who rule lord it over them; their great ones tyrannize them. But it is not so among you.’ (Mark 10: 42,43) We read
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In 2015, when Angela Merkel opened the borders of Germany to more than one million Syrian refugees, the German Chancellor grabbed my attention. Now, reading her biography, I’m fascinated. She
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Over 32 years of ministry, I have found leading congregations through Good Friday and Easter Sunday the most demanding, problematic, and rewarding moments of the Christian year. I say ‘problematic’
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