Nov 17, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
As I write this (on Wednesday morning) it seems as if the whole world is sitting on the edge of its seat. How will Poland and NATO respond to the rockets that have landed in Przedwodów killing two people? Will world leaders meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh for COP27 and...
Nov 10, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Death is the great 21st-century taboo. We humans hate to admit that we are mortal. Not so Jesus. The second half of John’s gospel (chapters 14-17) is dedicated to Jesus’ “farewell discourse,” an intense conversation about his departure and return to the Father. Humans...
Nov 3, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
His name was Jihad. That’s right, the name appropriated by Muslim extremists to sacralise and sanction violence and brutality. He was, and is, a Pastor. Pastor Jihad, leading the “True Vine” church in Zahle, Lebanon way down in the Bekaa valley on the border with...
Oct 27, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Most, but not all, of us who form Queen’s Park Baptist Church, live in an urban environment …either by choice, necessity, or brute circumstance, we are city dwellers. We are not alone in this, the global trend is one of growing city dwelling, and the pace of this...
Oct 20, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Mont-Orford is a tourist magnet right now. This October tens of thousands of visitors will descend on this ski resort in Quebec, Canada to witness one of the world’s great displays of autumn glory. The Canadian “Fall” is a cascade of colour, orange and gold, auburn...
Oct 13, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
The coffin, the altar, and the aircraft carrier I am sure you will agree with me that the message Clive brought to us last Sunday was pivotal for us as a church. It invited us to deal with the bitter root of criticism that we may find ourselves living under or...
Oct 6, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
If you want to walk on water… Junior Choice, the Saturday morning radio programme showcasing the latest poptastic pickings from the music charts was a regular feature of my childhood. One song, in particular, stands out. Bobby Gentry’s “what do you get when you fall...
Sep 29, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Where has “Bannerman” gone? I have vague recollections of the Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980, but the first Olympics I have clear memories of were the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. These were the games in which the rivalry between Zola Bud and Mary Decker for...
Sep 22, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Forget Peter on the day of Pentecost, or even the stadium tours of Billy Graham, the largest crowd gathered to hear a Christian message occurred this very week. Estimates suggest that 26 million people in the UK alone watched the funeral ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II...
Sep 15, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
I’d like in this week’s blog to look back so that we can then look forward. With the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II there has been much looking back, and lots of reflection. Whether in mainstream media, social media, the printed press, conversations in coffee...
