Monthly Archives: July 2020

A recording of this sermon is available here: As a twin, the story of Esau and Jacob, or, as it is better known, “Jacob and Esau”, has always intrigued me. I am extremely thankful for my precious relationship with my twin sister. Sadly, Esau and Jacob’s relationship was defined from the moment of their birth,Continue reading “Adopted as a child of God – sermon for St Denys Evington on zoom, 19th July 2020”

Last week I blogged about the theology of posture in worship – how do we enable everyone to worship God with the whole of their bodies, even though almost all of us experience some kind of limitation on our bodies at some point in our lives, and some of us experience that permanently, or longerContinue reading “Worship, Posture & asking people to stand, a postscript: online church”

In almost every church service I have been in (apart from the ones I have led), the congregation have been invariably asked to stand to sing, affirm their faith or say the liturgy. As someone for whom standing can be difficult, I think we need to explore why we do these things in our services,Continue reading “Worship, posture and asking people to stand”