Lent 4 is also Mothering Sunday in the calendar, and the readings for Mothering Sunday in Year A are 2 Corinthians 1.3-7 and the dedication of Jesus in Luke 2. In 2 Cor 1, Paul begins this letter by ...

It has been reported that US troops have been told that the war in Iran is the beginning of the final Battle of Armageddon ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Lent 3 is John 4.5-42, probably the longest reading in the lectionary! The epistle is ...

The epistle for Lent 3 is Romans 5.1–11; the gospel is Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well in John 4. In Romans 5, ...

Tim Goode is a residentiary canon in York Minster, having previously spent all his time since ordination in 2009 in parish ...

Mention the word Samaritan and your understanding may be shaped by Revd Chad Varah and the listening Samaritans in Britain.

It has been reported that US troops have been told that the war in Iran is the beginning of the final Battle of Armageddon that will lead to the return of Jesus. It has come out through complaints ...

The gospel reading in the lectionary for the last Sunday before Advent (now known as ‘Christ the King’) is Matthew 25.31–46, the so-called ‘parable of the sheep and the goats’. But it isn’t actually a ...

“Christ in the House of His Parents” by Sir John Everett Millais. One of the repeated themes of short Christmas expositions is that, in the nativity story, we see God coming to the ‘poor’, and as a ...

Last weekend, in an online conversation, someone highlighted to me the most recent ministry statistics, which were released in June, but seem to have gone under the radar. I certainly did not spot ...