May 29, 2025 | News, QPUpdate
This is not a begging letter, it is an invitation to grow. A Generous heart is a fundamental feature of Christlikeness and therefore it is central to our discipleship. Learning to give, big-hearted and God-guided is not about what we want to extract from you but what...
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...
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...
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...
May 1, 2025 | Live issues, News, QPUpdate, Teaching series
When Church Hurts It’s the issue that triggered the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation and will, undoubtedly, be the first item in the new pope’s in-tray. I am talking about spiritual abuse, the exploitation of position and power which damages people,...
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...
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...
Apr 3, 2025 | QPUpdate, The Way of Jesus
Chassis The whole world is in a state of chassis (Irish for “chaos”). So said Sean O’ Casey in his 1922 play about the Irish civil war “Juno and the Paycock”. He was not wrong. Our world seems to constantly lurch from geopolitical crisis to economic challenge to...
