by Andy Roland | Jul 8, 2023 | Newsletter, Religion, writing
KIRCHENTAG The main event this month was undoubtedly the four day Kirchentag in Nuremberg. But you have already heard about that. What else happened? WRITING I made a lot of progress on ‘Daily Prayers from the World’s Faiths’. At the beginning of the...
by Andy Roland | Jun 19, 2023 | Newsletter, Post-modern times, Religion
WHERE AND WHEN From Wednesday 7th June to Sunday 10th 2023 the ancient imperial city of Nürnberg/Nuremberg welcomed 100,000 people of all ages to the great biennial Protestant church festival. Kirchentag means Church Day or Church Conference. This was my...
by Andy Roland | Jun 2, 2023 | Bible, Newsletter, Pentecost, writing
Wisdom in Earls Court CORONATION To be honest, I did not expect the coronation weekend to be so memorable. It started a day before with two splendid double page article on Charles and Camilla in the Evening Standard. On the day itself, I...
by Andy Roland | May 29, 2023 | Pentecost
WHY DOES THE CHURCH IGNORE THE HOLY SPIRIT? From 1980 to 2000 the Church of England celebrated the feast of Pentecost by having a complete week of Bible readings on the Holy Spirit. But in 2000 the new service book, ‘Common Worship’ abandoned that inspiring...
by Andy Roland | May 24, 2023 | Bible
INTRODUCTION It is a simple fact that all through Christian history people have experienced a spiritual change of heart, bringing a new vitality to their lives, coming through conversion and mystical experience. Here is a famous example. ‘In the...
