Although 2 Thess 2 (the lectionary epistle for the third Sunday before Advent) is not read much in churches, it has been hugely influential, in its ideas of the 'man of lawlessness', and the ...

Last week, King Charles III and Pope Leo IV made history in the Sistine Chapel by praying side by side—a first for the ...

Marginally later than in some previous years, the full details of the annual returns on attendance for the Church of England has been published (‘Statistics for Mission’). This is in two parts, both ...

The lectionary reading for the Fourth Sunday before Advent in Year C is the story of Zacchaeus’ encounter with Jesus in Luke 19.1–10, a story found only in this gospel. Video discussion of the passage ...

In the Fourth Sunday before Advent in Year C, we are starting a short series reading through 2 Thessalonians, and this week's ...

On a cold and wet evening sometime in early 2021, my church’s ministry and management team met on Zoom to discuss the first ...

One of the perennial features of theological study and preparation for Christian ministry has been the yawning chasm between ...

The gospel lectionary reading for the so-called Last Sunday after Trinity in Year C is Luke 18.9–14, the parable of the ...

The lectionary reading for the so-called last Sunday after Trinity is 2 Tim 4.6–8 and 16–18. As sometimes happens, the ...

The lectionary epistle for Trinity 17 in Year C is 2 Timothy 2.8–15. Paul continues with the theme of ‘remembering’, characteristically interweaving God’s powerful initiative and the need for our ...