by Andy Roland | Jan 28, 2024 | Bible, Jesus, Pentecost
WHY WAS JOHN THE BAPTIST? INTRODUCTION John the Baptist (or rather Yohanan as in his home language of Aramaic), is a familiar figure in Christian churches. He is particularly revered for pointing to Jesus (or Yeshua in his home language). No one asks why...
by Andy Roland | Jan 4, 2024 | Christmas, Newsletter, writing
A short month. On 18th, Christmas took over! PUBLISHING Most of my mental energy went on trying to get my books published and available. I wrestled with Amazon KDP (Kindle Direct Print) and managed to get the e-book out on Kindle on 14th, but the book version...
by Andy Roland | Dec 4, 2023 | Newsletter
NOVEMBER 2023 Holland Park Not much writing they smooth, apart from a blog of daily readings on John the Baptist for December. WAITING GAMES I spent most of the month waiting for a) a file for ‘Daily Prayers from the World’s Faiths’ with all the latest...
by Andy Roland | Nov 14, 2023 | Newsletter, Prayer, Religion, writing
BOOK LAUNCH etc. The big event this month was the public launch of ‘Daily Prayers from the World’s Faiths’. This was on Thursday 19th at Holy Trinity Prince Consort Road, where I led the Sunday service every month for three years. Andrew Willson the...
by Andy Roland | Oct 11, 2023 | Bible
OUT AND ABOUT The first half of the month was taken up with a surprising number of visits outside London – surprising because they were unplanned. A fellow member of the ACW (Association of Christian Writers), Arnold, told me of a conference in...
