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I’ve been in a lot of places recently, hence the lack of posts. After a full Holy Week that included a packed, hectic experiment with Messy Church at Cuthbert’s, I spent a week on the Broads Cruise, and have now put some photos up. The cruise itself was good: the weather was generally clement, I [...]

As you read this, I’ll be arriving at the Pathfinder Norfolk Broads Cruise. Run by CPAS, it’s an Easter-time sailing holiday for 13-16 year olds which also seeks to teach and learn about God’s amazing love for us, and the amazing things he did the first Easter. There’s a Prayer Letter to download, so please, [...]

The cross is not glorious, it’s disgusting. It’s an ugly, vile thing and we shouldn’t try to pretend otherwise. It’s where God the Son was not only rejected by society, but he was abandoned by God himself. Do you really want to follow a God that does that? The cross smashes the distinction between ‘evangelism’ [...]

…and if he did, would he have seen fit to eat a meal with you? Back from a weekend’s church houseparty, I’m thrown straight into Holy week. That started last Sunday, when Christians remember Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey and being hailed as king by the people. By the time Friday comes, we’ll [...]

The G20 are meetng in London, and the inevitable protests are inevitably met with police opposition. The press do a pretty good job of painting protestors as dangerous and police as responsible and calm (and it’s not just the Telegraph, it’s almost all of