Bit of a bumper Treasure Map this month - plenty to get chewing on... Sacred Treasure Vinoth Ramachandra offers a characteristically challenging and provocative reflection on some encounters he's had in the USA. An interesting article about Tim Keller in…
With impeccable timing (i.e. the week we had our Christians Facing Issues service on Assisted Suicide), one of the key people involved in the service (you can see him introducing the whole issue very helpfully in the first youtube clip…
Earlier this month, I was speaking at a Korean American church in Los Angeles. One or two of the chaps worked hard to put this video of it together, so here it is. If you can't face the thought of…
STOP PRESS: Note updated links for talks This Sunday saw the 3rd in our occasional Christians Facing Issues services, and this time the topic was Assisted Suicide. It's in the news a lot and one thing is certain - it…
Just back from California, after a few meetings in LA and then speaking in a church in San Francisco. Really encouraging time - and great to (re)connect with friends new and old in both cities. Here are a few pics…
Every summer, we have an All Souls week away called Cornerstone. Each year we seek to get our heads round one particular book, and this year's focus was the Book of Acts. This is how I broke it up (and…
In the run up to the series of Passion For Life events next Feb/March, we're doing this survey at All Souls for non-churchy friends. It takes the question that Rico Tice has used for years as the launchpad for the…
Sacred Treasure Redeemer Church has seen the light - and allowed part of their sermon archive to be available for free download. Some interesting maps of religious distribution in USA from the Pluralism Project Jonathan Miller gets the BBC Online…
Have been thoroughly enjoying Roger Steer's new bio of John Stott - very readable and engaging so far. There are lots of highlights, which i'll possibly touch on when i review in time. But one moment just jumped out at…
It was a joy to have Michael Card at All Souls on Monday evening. I have to say that I don't listen to a lot of (so-called) Christian music (and, incidentally, contrary to popular belief, I actually have listening tastes…
One of the RSS feeds I follow is from a provocative little site called irReligion.org - and they never fail to come up with the most irritating and wretched examples of religious people doing really stupid things. Occasionally the site…