Are teenage dreams so hard to beat? The first line of the Undertones’ 1978 anthemic hit ‘Teenage Kicks’ conjures up a sense of living...

A prayer for chaplains Lord Jesus, often the guest and not the host, walking among the crowds and teaching in the marketplaces, we pray...

We won’t talk about the football so move on. The news this week is about re-opening churches and the guidance that sometimes runs to...

Let us give thanks to God, the Creator. Whose image in Harlesden, London and elsewhere is seen on the face of such diverse population....

The Methodist Conference is meeting this week – in its strangely virtual way this time. Each year there is a report presented by the...

Creative Creator We pray as we walk, as we sit, as we kneel and as we dream; for your creation and the realities we face due to our...

Mining my knowledge of 1960s beat music, I recalled this song by Hedgehoppers Anonymous released in 1966 and thought it would be a good...

Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you for all that you have entrusted us with. Guide us in the year ahead to be wise with what we possess, so...

Safeguarding can sometime feel like a bit of trek. I enjoy a long walk but sometimes it’s a tedious tramp, at other times it’s an...

Lord God, Looking back, we give you our thanks for the love we have received, the care we have been shown and the help you have given to...

You may think it a tad odd to be writing about holidays. Quite when, where and how we shall holiday this summer is not at all clear. ...

Waken the B&Q Circuit, O Lord, Open our eyes to your glory Open our ears to your story Open ours hearts to your fire Open our wills to...

Football’s coming home, it’s coming home to South London’s Number One in SE25. The third match after restart will be the home match...

The Spirit of the living God moves in the Church and through the world today. Holy God, in this season of Pentecost, may the Church...

I hope you have been enjoying socially distanced sunshine over this last weekend. Although we had the briefest shower of rain on...

You asked for my hands that you might use them for purpose. I gave them for a moment then withdrew them for the work was hard. You asked...

Can you tell if someone has not been looking after themselves? Is it because they have not showered or changed their clothes? Is it...

A prayer led by the Speaker’s Chaplain in the House of Commons: Lord, the God of righteousness and truth, grant to our Queen and her...

So the road map had been published. Whether you see it as providing clear direction or a mass of confusion, it is clear, as some papers...

Lord we pray for the life blood of our churches that is the children and young people, that they may know you deeper, to experience your...