The toddler is asleep, Dark curly head snuggled into my shoulder. What can you offer me, Eternity, That is better than this?

“Little light should have come on, and I was going to say that was like Jesus, and then I was going to say that the electricity was like the Holy Spirit, and then…”  Leonard Thynn is attemptin…

“Little light should have come on, and I was going to say that was like Jesus, and then I was going to say that the electricity was like the Holy Spirit, and then…”  Leonard Thynn is attemptin…

“I’m on the rota for the children’s group at church tomorrow,” said my friend Louise, one Saturday evening when we were round for supper. “I’d better have a look at the scheme and see what I’m mean…

“I’m on the rota for the children’s group at church tomorrow,” said my friend Louise, one Saturday evening when we were round for supper. “I’d better have a look at the scheme and see what I’m mean…

I wrote this psalm for my friend Simon, when he was living in a care home after being diagnosed with early onset dementia. Lord you have taken away my mind; how then can I know you? My words slip a…

The final post of four posts reflecting on transformational experiences and formation. You can read the first part here: Children are viewed by churches according to the theology of that church. Do…

The third of four posts reflecting on transformational experiences and formation. You can read Part 1 here: I’ve found that the laity only occasionally talk about their transformational experiences…

The second of four posts reflecting on transformational experiences and formation. You can read the first post here: My own experience of formation is that I cannot remember a time when I have not …

The first of four posts reflecting on transformational experiences and formation. Who is formation for?  Is it possible to have formation without transformational experiences?  How does t…

“I was coming back from the shop,” says Harry, “and I went into the church. I had 20p so I put it in the box on the wall.” I am taken aback.  I know people do visit our local church which is o…

As we come to the end of the Godly Play session, I ask the group of Year 3 children to remake the circle. It is time for prayer. I light the candle and then go round the circle, asking each child i…

She had always needed time alone and never more so than now.  Her family home was too busy, her father angry and questioning, her mother constantly interrupting to ask if she was all right.&nb…