Welcome to my website
I am a pastor and Christian educator.
In a nutshell, this is what I do…
Understand the Bible
My online ministry focussed on creating videos and songs to teach the Bible and the Christian faith.
The Bible Uncancelled
A short, weekday thought from the Bible published on video or podcast.
This Blog
I only write occasionally here now, as my attention is focussed on the two things I mention above. However, there is an archive of over 2,000 posts which I’ve made over the last 20+ years, these posts are all still accessible.
Latest Posts
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Holiday Bible Club and Birthdayness
It’s been a busy week for me! Just over a week ago, on the Sunday morning Phil and I headed down to St Simon Zelotes to see Mike Neville (former rector of our old church in Colchester), and then have lunch with the Nevilles and a couple of other people afterwards. It was a really nice…
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Out, Damned Spot!
A few weeks ago, I blogged about my mole. Well, I finally had the procedure on Monday. I went into the hospital, lay down on the bed, and the doctor cut into me and removed the mole – under a local anaesthetic. It was technically a ‘skin excision biopsy’, the biopsy part being because they’re…
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How London 2012 won my heart…
I was all set to be cynical. With shows like “Twenty Twelve” portraying how terribly the Olympic organisation process could be, I was ready to sit back and wait for the disaster to happen. At best, what with all the travel warnings I was expecting the Olympics to be an inconvenience. Something to be endured…
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The Camera Saga
As I mentioned in my previous post, my camera was stolen while we were loading up to go on holiday. I finally managed to get through to the insurance company on Tuesday, and basically I can’t claim it on the insurance: there’s an exclusion clause on our insurance policy about the car being locked. It’s…
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Still Alive…
Sadly, I’m not doing science. But I am still alive. It’s been a good couple of weeks! As I mentioned before, we went on holiday to Wales with some friends from college. We were staying in a holiday home in Borth-y-gest, not far from Porthmadog. We had a lovely time – with the exception of…
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Quick Review: Samsung Galaxy S Advance
On Friday I arrived back home to find my new phone had been delivered (well, it had been delivered next door and I had to pick it up, but still.): a Samsung Galaxy S Advance. This is to replace my HTC Wildfire, which I’ve had for the past couple of years. I bought it on…
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Placements and Holiday
I’ve been a bit lax about updating over the past few weeks! This is just a quick update to let you know what’s been going on: Two-week parish placement in Colchester (at St Andrew’s Greenstead). Very much enjoyed it, and I will hopefully write some more detailed reflections about that at some point. During the…
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Bigoted, Homophobic… and proud?!
Thought that title would catch your attention! One thing which annoys me about the whole furore surrounding the government’s proposals to redefine marriage (which I’ve blogged about before) is the careless way people use words like ‘bigoted’ and ‘homophobic’. Particularly the first one: these days, if you are opposed to anything which society in general…
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Reflections on a year of theological college
Well, I’ve done it. I’ve completed a year of tuition at Oak Hill. Unless I have to do any retakes, academically this year is over for me. “For me, ze year is over…” It’s gone scarily quickly, and I can’t quite believe we’ve reached this point. It feels like hardly any time is past since…
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I’ve got this mole, you know…
… it’s making a hell of a mess of my garden!* So starts Jasper Carrott’s “The Mole” routine – to my mind one of the best starts to any comedy routine ever. Well, I actually do have a mole, but not the kind that digs in your garden: it’s the skin kind. It’s on my…