by Andy Roland | Oct 11, 2023 | Bible
OUT AND ABOUT The first half of the month was taken up with a surprising number of visits outside London – surprising because they were unplanned. A fellow member of the ACW (Association of Christian Writers), Arnold, told me of a conference in...
by Andy Roland | Oct 11, 2023 | Bible
WRITING At the beginning of the month I finished off my book ‘Daily Prayers from the World’s Faiths’. I visited Gulu Anand, a director of the Hindu Council UK, at his ‘Brilliant Restaurant’, who was very complimentary about my account of Hinduism. ...
by Andy Roland | Aug 14, 2023 | Bible
HOME This month was Linda’;s birthday, so I took her away for a week in our favourite spot – North York Moors. Weather mixed, but we had a lovely time. Two major domestic tech stuff. We gad a smart electricity meter instaled, and change d our broadband...
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 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...
by Andy Roland | Apr 5, 2023 | Bible, Holy Week, Jesus
A BIG QUESTION To people in the ancient world, Jesus died simply because he was a troublemaker and a bad Jew (a glutton and a drunkard – Luke 7.34). For Jews his death was a stumbling block to any attempt to take him seriously; to Gentiles his death was...
