France is one of Europe’s most deliberately secular nations with a strict separation between church and state. There is significant suspicion towards the Church. The Church, after all, was part of the Ancien Régime, which the French Revolution swept away. In a sense, the Church is now the most visible, though severely weakened, sign of…
During Lent we will depart somewhat from the normal Lectionary readings. Indeed, I have decided to preach on a two books of the Bible that are nowhere to be found in the lectionary at all: 1 & 2 Chronicles. It is generally considered that most of the content of these books is found in the Books of Samuel and Books of Kings.…
Late last year, the boundary changes to the tennis court land were finally completed, though the CPT (Church Property Trustees) lawyer had some additional work to complete earlier this year for the change to be finalised. That means that the sale of the tennis courts can now go ahead. After our experience with recent efforts, the real estate agent advised that an…