Alan Loach, Author at Queen's Park Baptist Church

Worship training

Jun 26, 2025 | QPUpdate

“Hand me another cable-tie” is the strange expression you will often hear in our garden. We have a small plot, so much of our gardening is of the vertical variety. Anne is an expert in all things trailing and climbing clematis, wisteria, rambling rose, and even a...

Making a Splash

Jun 19, 2025 | QPUpdate

Last night was our ACM (Annual Church Meeting) and it was great to meet as God’s people to reflect on the year just past and look forward to the year ahead. Alan Loach put together for us a wonderful video to remind us of some of the things as a church we were...

The River of Life

Jun 12, 2025 | QPUpdate

The River of Life This Sunday, we are going to be thinking about God’s life-giving river. The Bible is full of invitations through rivers. Rivers are powerful, and when they are flowing, they produce currents. Currents are usually strongest when they are near the...

Pentecost Sunday

Jun 5, 2025 | QPUpdate

Pentecost Sunday This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. Taken from the Greek word for fiftieth, Pentecost takes place on -yes, you’ve guessed it- the fiftieth day after Easter. On Pentecost we celebrate the gift of the Holy Spirit and the power he gives to each follower of...

There are more things in heaven and earth

May 22, 2025 | Live issues, QPUpdate

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” So says Hamlet in the classic Shakespearean tragedy. Shakespeare was not wrong. We are often so entranced by what we can measure and see that we overlook the vast spiritual...

Half the church?

May 15, 2025 | Live issues, QPUpdate

Half of Christ’s church, perhaps more, are women. Yet, whilst doors swing open and glass ceilings shatter in the world around us, Jesus’ people remain conflicted about the calling, role and status of women. Consequently, women and girls are offered diminished visions...

Can Church and Politics Mix?

May 8, 2025 | Live issues, QPUpdate

Francis Collins is a remarkable man. He’s remarkable for many reasons. He was the lead scientist in the Human Genome Project, he paved the way for several medical breakthroughs by identifying specific genes associated with certain diseases. Until recently, he was head...

New Life

Apr 24, 2025 | QPUpdate

As I write on Thursday morning, it is wonderfully sunny in Glasgow. Sunshine gladdens the heart, and for me, so do cherry blossom trees. I pass by several on my way to the office, and this week they seem to be at the peak of their splendiferousness. It feels like...

Podophobia?

Apr 17, 2025 | Easter, QPUpdate

Because of what we remember today, I very much doubt that Jesus suffered from podophobia. Podophobia is the fear of human feet, and today is Maundy Thursday, the day in Holy Week in which we remember that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples as recorded for us in...

Lead me to the Cross

Apr 10, 2025 | Easter, QPUpdate

The way of Jesus inexorably leads to the cross. The crucifixion of Jesus is the centre-point of each and every gospel, pulling the whole story towards its inescapable fulfilment at Calvary. In this next week, our journey through 2025 will lead us to Easter and the...