A passport to heaven
So, we now know that Brexit will be visible to millions of Britons in that their passports will change from a burgundy colour to a blue...
Steve Richards
Jan 5, 2018
A Matter of Validation
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting entitled ‘Jesus Saviour of the World’ has sold at auction in New York for £341 million. Sixty years ago the...
Steve Richards
Dec 1, 2017
Knowing and Loving
When I was still in short trousers, there was a song out which I liked. It was performed by the Teddy Bears. The first lines went like...
Steve Richards
Nov 3, 2017
Ploughing and sowing good seed
Schools and churches have been celebrating the long-standing festival of harvest thanksgiving. It is good for people to gather together...
Steve Richards
Oct 6, 2017
The offended party
What happens when a football player places a well-aimed kick on another player’s shin? He might get shown a card, or be sent off, even...
Steve Richards
Aug 4, 2017
Word and Spirit
This Sunday is what some mark as Whit Sunday. Whitsuntide is when we are reminded of the birth of the Christian Church, looking back to...
Steve Richards
Jun 2, 2017
Seeing is believing, or is it?
Thomas was a brave, cautious and questioning soul. He was amongst Jesus’ close followers. When Jesus announced that he was going to a...
Steve Richards
Apr 13, 2017
Special Russian truth?
I have just watched Newsnight (BBC2, 25th October), the main feature being Russia’s own view of her current relationship with the rest of...
Steve Richards
Nov 1, 2016
A voice of authority needed
Europe: should we believe and trust what the ‘stay in’ campaigners tell us, or the advocates of ‘leave’? The former are using fear as one...
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May 6, 2016
What is meant by 'believing'?
It is hardly surprising that people struggle with the idea of belief in God when they see the tragedies and upheavals caused by wars,...
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Feb 5, 2016