When I lived in Scotland, from time to time my family would buy a crate of live crabs and spend a day cooking them and preparing them for eating.  There were two methods of cooking crabs.  One involved dropping the crab into boiling water.  This led to a lot of squealing (yes crabs do squeal!) but was quite quick.  The other was…

Dear Friends, For the last few years my only New Year’s Resolution has been not to make any.  Which has of course has meant I’ve failed in my quest, almost from the moment I’ve spoken! But what about you?  Perhaps you’ve resolved to make progress in your work or schooling, in your health or well-being, or to read more and spend less…

You are cordially invited to St Nicholas Church Stevenage on Friday January 18th at 7:30pm, for the formal relaunch of the Friends Association. The guest speaker will be Ken Follett, best selling author who will be speaking on the subject of Religious Tolerance. There will also be a short update on the plans for the repair and rejuvenation of the building. More…

Well it’s almost here – I hope you are ready!  Or perhaps you are waiting until everything is at half-price before you go Christmas shopping.  I know it’s possible to grab a bargain if you just wait long enough and hold your nerve. Sadly some people have that same kind of response to Jesus.  Their argument runs like this: “It sounds good,…

One morning at Theological College, the speaker asked the students to take it in turns to give a name for God that appears in the Bible.  There were some 60 students in the chapel – and I hastily tried to work out how many people would have a chance to give a name before it got to me. I needn’t have worried. …