Advent is once more upon us (pun intended!), and with it comes two sets of confusion: the idea that Advent is the anticipation of Christmas (when it is really about looking forward to Jesus’ return ...

Gary Jenkins has previously written on this website about the Church of England and its struggle to engage with the working ...

What do you find most irritating about this time of year? The drawing in of dark and cold nights? The hideous adoption of ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Advent 1 in Year C is Luke 21.25–36, from this gospel’s version of what is often ...

In all three Synoptic gospels, Jesus concludes a conversation about the contrast between his teaching and practice and that ...

I write a quarterly column for Preach magazine, in which I explore a significant word or phrase in the Bible, or a theme or ...

It is often thought that in John 18 Jesus says 'My kingdom is not of this world'. But this mistranslation is misleading: his ...

This Sunday, the last of the liturgical year, is Christ the king, and comes immediately before Advent. It is a slightly odd ...