The science is clear. We are living in a warming world due to fossil fuel emissions. The world’s most vulnerable are already suffering...

A few rambling thoughts on church growth, “quiet revival”, and ministry in a secular age. Mainly for vicary types and an update from something I wrote a few years ago. —— Over the past year or so there has been a lot of talk about church growth, spiritual openness, and even the possibility of “quiet revival” in the UK. Newspaper articles appear. Podcasts get excited. Somebody notices twenty-year-olds attending Evensong in London and suddenly we are apparently one step away fr

In this part of Liverpool the supermarket stays lit all night. Blue-white light on wet pavements. Lorries backing in at stupid o’clock. A bloke asleep in his car near the trolley shelter. Inside more food than whole streets can afford. Avocados in winter. Strawberries in December. Three quid smoothies. Security tags on baby formula. Nathan Silver sits somewhere above it all. CEO. Millions every year. The sort of money that stops sounding real after a bit. People like Nathan s

Throughout his earthly ministry, Jesus did not simply describe the Kingdom of God—he enacted it. He preached, “The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the good news,” and then he lived it: healing the sick, forgiving sin, welcoming the overlooked, confronting what dehumanises, and laying down his life in self-giving love. This Kingdom—the reign of God—is not removed from the real world. It presses into it. It speaks into how we order our common life—socially, politi