(Note: it is never ‘my’ church….)

Although from an American perspective, I found this a really good article:-

http://thomrainer.com/2013/04/24/autopsy-of-a-deceased-church-11-things-i-learned/

Fascinating, but so sad. In particular these reasons (my comments in italics):-

The percentage of the budget for members’ …

I used part of this on Sunday. It is incredible to hear this from someone who is speaking from the top of the Roman Catholic Tradition:-

Here are a few extracts:-

Another ‘miracle’ story this morning from; thi time from Acts chapter 9. You can, I suppose, take the view that these things are embarrasing and stop grappling with the story and the difficulties therein and adopt a slightly superior ‘well these …

‘Dad: do you always underline books? Why do you do that?’ I did try and explain to my oldest son, but I don’t think he got it. This book has more underlinings in than most I have read. I think …

I have long loved the metaphor of ‘Exile’: that word best describes the Church in the West. I react strongly against those like Lord Carey who seek to hold on to and defend ‘christendom’; were always intended to be in …