Advent is a time of preparation. Our English word comes from the Latin adventus (meaning “coming”). We refer of course to the coming and...

Remembrance Sunday celebrates and explores - both personally and communally - issues of war and peace, loss and sacrifice, memory and...

In the Old Testament the Holy Spirit is described as God’s creative power or energy. We are told that at the beginning, when God created...

This Orthodox icon shows the moment described in the Acts of the Apostles 6.1-14. Having gathered his apostles for the last time, Jesus...

At the centre of the Apostles’ Creed stands the core affirmation of Christian faith and the heart of the Church’s proclamation: Jesus...

After the crucifixion of Jesus, the faith of the Church affirms that he truly died and was buried. That was the earliest experience of...

At his transfiguration on Mount Tabor, Jesus led the apostles apart, to a high place, Mt. Tabor in Galilee, where they could be alone. If...

With those two little words a scene of horror opens before us. Crucifixion was one of the most brutal methods of execution used in the...

In this part of the Creed we meet three persons who played a vital role in the life of Jesus. One of them is divine – God’s Holy Spirit –...

This part of the Creed (meaning ‘profession of faith’) contains a personal name, ‘Jesus’ and three titles that he carries: ‘Christ’,...

Over the coming weeks we will be posting short comments on what Christians believe, based on the words we use each Sunday in our worship....