by Andy Roland | Feb 13, 2021 | Bible
Holy Week and the Problem of Time Introduction Unless we are an academic theologian, we normally don’t worry too much about problems of time as we read the accounts of Holy Week in the gospels. We may be subconsciously aware of certain discrepancies between the...
by Andy Roland | Feb 2, 2021 | Bible, Law, Psalms & Wisdom
How Psalms can help us get our prayers off the ground One reaction Last week I sent my ‘Discovering Psalms as Prayer’ to a fellow- retired priest, Canon Robin Morrison (author of ‘Love’s Energy’*). He sent me back a long reflective piece about it. Here are...
by Andy Roland | Jan 22, 2021 | Bible
WELCOME to the WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY – 2 18 – 25/1/21 Introduction Here beginneth the second instalment of my account of Christian Unity Week in Jerusalem which I attended in 2017. All the extracts come from my book ‘A Week of Prayer in...
by Andy Roland | Jan 20, 2021 | Christian Unity, Church, Church’s Year, Prayer, Religion
18 – 25/1/21 Introduction Four years ago I celebrated Christian Unity Week in Jerusalem. There they have a service every evening at 5.00 in a wide variety of churches. Although I am starting a day late, here are some thoughts from seven different churches for...
by Andy Roland | Jan 8, 2021 | Bible, Post-modern times, Prayer, Psalms, Religion
BORIS’S BAD NEWS Cromwell Road, the A4 towards London On Monday 4th Boris announced we were all going into Tier 5 – effectively a lockdown – and ordered us all to stay at home. Up till then I had had quite a good lockdown, able to work on my laptop...
