by Andy Roland | Mar 27, 2018 | Bible, Church’s Year, Holy Week, Jesus
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN HOLY WEEK? TUESDAY Mark 11.20 – 13.2 The Temple at the time of Jesus, Israel Museum On the walk back into...
by Andy Roland | Mar 26, 2018 | Church’s Year, Holy Week, Jesus
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN HOLY WEEK? Sunday and Monday Right now we are at the start of Holy Week, the eight days when the worldwide church celebrates the last eight (or six) days of Jesus’ life. In fact, no one gives it much heed. Even in the churches, the...
by Andy Roland | Dec 23, 2017 | Christmas, Jesus
We all know the Christmas story. It was in the middle of winter when Mary and Joseph came to Bethlehem on a donkey, because of an empire-wide census. They were told to have the baby in a stable by a kind/unkind innkeeper. The shepherds followed a star to the place...
by Rev Andy | Nov 6, 2017 | All Saints Day, Church
FIREWORKS FOR MISSION! Making All Saints Day work for you For over twenty years All Saints Hackbridge, south London, has attracted hundreds of local residents to the church for All Saints Day. How did we do it and what are the outcomes? It started in 1995 when I had...
by Rev Andy | Jun 24, 2017 | Trinity
GOD IN 3D? A couple of weeks ago was Trinity Sunday. I was on holiday in Devon, so my Facebook didn’t get a look-in. But here are some thoughts I have about what western Christians think is a great problem, and...
by Rev Andy | Apr 28, 2017 | Easter
Last weekend I celebrated the powerful drama of Easter – in three different churches! On Maundy Thursday I went to the HTB (Holy Trinity Brompton) service – a mix of teaching about the Jewish Passover with an informal communion tacked on, a bit like the...
