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November 2024 COP 29; discipleship on an estate More ... October 2024 Israel-Palestine; responding to the Far Right More ... September 2024 Discipleship; the Bible; inadequate incomes More ... June, July, August 2024 The creativity of Ocean Church; Beyond Christian Zionism More ... May 2024 Rwanda; William Carey; Baptist crime novels More ... April 2024  Looking back at the ministry of the Baptist Union Retreat Group; the creation story More ... March 2024   Passion plays; Home Affairs Select Committee More ... February 2024   Living well with God More ... January 2024  The death of the celebration style church?; Gaza and speaking up; What might a kingdom business look like? More ... December 2023  Not lighting the fourth Advent candle More ... November 2023  Restaurant ecclesiology; benefits of digital connections with churches More ... October 2023  Reactions to Good News stories; reaction to the war in Gaza More ... September 2023  Mission and young people; new children's groups; a reprint of On this Rock More ... August 2023  Windows on Worldviews; 'It was very hard - but we felt God was at work' More ... July 2023   What would it mean to 'embrace our smallness'?; Championing the cause of older people More ... June 2023   Support an imprisoned Burmese Baptist pastor by writing to him More ... May 2023  12 steps; church planting; God is at work More ... April 2023   Petitions to Downing Street; structural changes in the Baptist Union More ... March 2023  Responding to the Government's Illegal Migration bill More ... November 2022  Evangelism; Albania More ... October 2022  State matters More ... September 2022  Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) More ... August 2022  Fresh Streams leadership statement following summer theology school More ... July 2022 Response to Pension Scheme news; Following the Zeitgeist; A Theology of Unity in Diversity More ... June 2022  Annual review; walking club; Rwanda More ... May 2022  The Queen; does Jesus heal today?; Child Q More ... April 2022 Closing the wound within; celebrating Easter; a Palm Sunday reflection More ... March 2022  Wellbeing; a letter to Patriarch Kirill; new appointments in regional teams More ... February 2022  Leviticus; remembering Carol McCarthy and Rosemary Kidd More ... January 2022  Reaching a neglected demographic; a Baptist minister recognised for ‘exceptional community leadership’ during the pandemic More ... December 2021  Desmond Tutu; Christmas jumpers More ... November 2021  Approaching death with faith; Theology through the lens of the marginalised More ... October 2021  Hybrid church; assisted dying; church transformations More ... September 2021  Kim Kardashian, selfies and the cult of physical perfection More ... July 2021  Joel Edwards More ... June 2021  Critiquing Critical Race Theory; Calling all worship leaders; sharing faith creatively More ... May 2021  What is God’s perfect dream where you live? More ... April 2021  Thoughts on the future of Home Mission More ... March 2021  Reflecting on the life of Captain Tom More ... February 2021  Nuclear disarmament; appearing on The Chase More ... January 2021  A time of opportunity, a time of reflection; Donald Trump More ... October 2020 Black Lives, Truth Matters; Covid conspiracy; mental health More ... September 2020  Rule of Six; remembering the Revd Pat Ingle More ... August 2020   Black lives and dangerous ideologies, congregational singing at this time More ... July 2020 A revival I can pray for!; Caring for your pastors through COVID19 More ... June 2020 Racism and George Floyd; Tour of the Bible More ... May 2020 The Missing Generation; Click and switch your church More ... April 2020  Melting pot of honesty, Holy Saturday More ... March 2020 A conversation with former Baptist Union President Kate Coleman and General Secretary Lynn Green; serving God on the streets with hot chocolate More ... February 2020  David Sheppard, bridging the gaps More ... January 2020  We want different things; the church's hidden divisions; tributes to Douglas Sparkes More ... November 2019  Business and the Kingdom, Have we lost our dissenting roots More ... October 2019  Have we lost our dissenting roots? Plus 'You're never too old, there's more to come' More ... September 2019   The Parable of the French Teacher More ... August 2019 Deconstruction; bad things in God’s word More ... July 2019 Chris Evans, Cinnamon award More ... June  In praise of toddler groups, what churches can do about knife crime, church membership services with a difference More ... May 2019 The silent epidemic of loneliness More ... April  Maundy Thursday, a BMS missionary in China More ... March  Navigating Mother's Day More ... February  Christians and the pursuit of perfection More ... December  Parable of touch wood and the Druids, Politics and the Way of Jesus More ... November  The Parable of Maradona More ... October 2018 Walking with Samantha; the church stepping into the breach More ... September 2018 Modern hymns; lessons from church growth; uniformed groups and social integration More ... August 2018 Boris and the burka; joy in evangelism More ... July 2018 Learning to like the Apostle Paul More ... June 2018  How to respond when someone uses offensive language? More ... May 2018 More than a preacher - women in ministry More ... April 2018  Presidency, Martin Luther King, understanding the meaning of the cross More ... March 2018 A manifesto to counter institutional sexism More ... February 2018 Baptist pioneer Edith Gates, Billy Graham More ... January 2018  Opportunities for Christians; wellbeing cafes, multicultural preaching More ... November 2017 Reformation, Inter Faith Week, would Jesus drive a diesel? More ... October 2017 The Reformation and the Declaration of Principle More ... September 2017 Diary of a Baptist minister, The Turning, sports chaplaincy, free discipleship videos More ... August 2017 Migrancy in the UK, and more on evangelism and storytelling More ... July 2017 Creative storytelling evangelism; Christians in the Middle East More ... June 2017 Christians in schools, Tim Farron More ... May 2017 Chaplains and Terry Waite More ... April 2017 Small churches, our spiritual lives and boats, persecution More ... March 2017 Smaller churches in partnership with larger ones, leaving out gruesome bits of the Old Testament More ... February 2017 The confessing church, Baptists and leadership More ... January 2017 Baptists and leadership More ... November 2016 US election, same sex attraction, adoption More ... October 2016 Aberfan, dementia, mental ill health More ... September 2016 Location, location, location More ... August 2016 Sewing in Calais, living with faith and doubt More ... May 2016 More on human sexuality, Israel, and laughing More ... April 2016 Human sexuality and identity, Baptist churches and bus stops, sowing seeds More ... March 2016 Lots of tributes to Roger Hayden; lots of comments about Brexit More ... February 2016 Gender balance, walking on Holy ground, investing in child refugees’ education More ... January 2016 Sermons and suffragettes More ... December 2015 Bombing Syria, another way of responding to Isis, Jesus as an asylum seeker and more More ... November 2015 Help with youth needed in Stalybridge, in pursuit of happiness and more More ... October 2015 More pigeons, bogus refugees More ... September 2015 Refugees... (and fantastic Facebook signs) More ... August 2015 Calais, Hammond's stigmatisation, Ashley Madison and reasons to go to church More ... July 2015 More reaction to the beacons of prayer call, plus the Papal encyclical More ... June  2015 Much reaction to Lynn Green's call to prayer, plus Fathers' Day, true worship and Leviticus, and mindfulness More ... May 2015 A promise, migrants, Council and salaries/stipends More ... April  2015 The absence of young people in our churches, when area's become used to living without a church, and gender balance More ... March 2015 Home Mission, preaching, benefit sanctions - and blessings at Mount Carmel More ... February 2015 Some thoughts on church numbers had many thinking. There was also correspondence on God's justice, Libby Lane and Paul Hills More ... January 2015 Much on gender balance, plus letters to the Muslim and Jewish communities, thanks following a church closure, and unsung heroes of faith More ... December 2014 More climate change, Paul and poverty, Northern Baptist College More ... November 2014 Baptist Union Council, climate change More ... October 2014 Social justice, First World War, Theresa May More ... September 2014 The Scottish referendum, Viz-A-Viz closure, stopping gambling More ... August 2014 The missing prayer, giving like children, No More Page 3 More ... July 2014 Gaza, assisted dying, women bishops, gym and night club ministries More ... June 2014 Bus evangelism, homeless spikes, interactive Bible stories More ... May 2014 Where the sacred and scary meet, the Baptist Assembly More ... April 2014 In defence of Rev - and reverse missionaries More ... March 2014 Mothers' Day, withdrawing from church and rubbing out the battles More ... February 2014 Lots of reaction to Ernie Whalley's blog about the church meeting, plus floods More ... January 2014 Do we 'do' church - or 'be' church? Plus non-violent protest - what's happened to it? Redundancy, the Girls' Brigade and more More ... Letters 2013 Letters 2013 More ... Bapticostal Congregations: Baptist identity in the 21st century More ... Balanced worship? “As worship leaders, how do you balance between allowing the spirit to lead, while maintaining a structure during a service?” More ... Top tips on working together How can we work better together? Five top tips for smaller churches, and five for larger churches More ... Multicultural churches: A gospel imperative Do we want to build multicultural churches because it is a politically correct thing to do? More ... Branding, ambition and reality What does it really mean to be Baptists Together? More ... We need to talk... about hell Responses to Anna Hancock's challenge More ... General responses and feedback A collection of feedback and responses More ... Whatever happened to the children's talk? A retired minister's observations on the children's talk, dress code, prayer and music More ... Money - and how we use it Why do we allow some of our least resourced churches to struggle in deprived areas, asked Michael Shaw? More ... The Daily Mail and Following Jesus Reaction to Andy Goodliff's piece about The Daily Mail. Should reading it be a church membership issue? More ...