Postcards from Palookaville

Monday was a hard day of video shooting in London. The footage of Paul's library, housed in the magnificent neo-Gothic building designed by Sir Montague Jewson, is available at the link on his post of yesterday. Sadly, however, I forgot to remove the lens cap while shooting the annual British...

Monday was a hard day of video shooting in London. The footage of Paul's library, housed in the magnificent neo-Gothic building designed by Sir Montague Jewson, is available at the link on his post of yesterday. Sadly, however, I forgot to remove the lens cap while shooting the annual British...

What Paul has forgotten to mention in his argument for two handed blessing is the importance of the ministry of the Rev. Harry Powell on Levy's understanding of pastoral care. Here's a clip from one of the famous `How To Be A Both-Hands-On Pastor' videos that the Rev. Powell produced, this on the...

What Paul has forgotten to mention in his argument for two handed blessing is the importance of the ministry of the Rev. Harry Powell on Levy's understanding of pastoral care. Here's a clip from one of the famous `How To Be A Both-Hands-On Pastor' videos that the Rev. Powell produced, this on the...

Over at The Gospel Coalition, various churchmen have been giving their views on preparation for pastoral succession. A couple of thoughts come to mind: the problem of preparing for a successor is inevitably more acute in some senses in a smaller church without the resources to have more than one...

Over at The Gospel Coalition, various churchmen have been giving their views on preparation for pastoral succession. A couple of thoughts come to mind: the problem of preparing for a successor is inevitably more acute in some senses in a smaller church without the resources to have more than one...

A second area where there is a contemporary problem with calls to the ministry is the role of seminaries and theological training institutions. Of course, seminary education is a perennial point of discussion concerning its content, mode of delivery etc., but the issue I want to reflect on here is...

A second area where there is a contemporary problem with calls to the ministry is the role of seminaries and theological training institutions. Of course, seminary education is a perennial point of discussion concerning its content, mode of delivery etc., but the issue I want to reflect on here is...

If the great need of this hour, as of every other, is preachers of the gospel, then it is surely worth while to reflect on a regular basis on the nature of, and qualifications for, a call to the ministry. I start with a quotation from Bishop Robinson -- no, not that one; rather Donald Robinson, the...

If the great need of this hour, as of every other, is preachers of the gospel, then it is surely worth while to reflect on a regular basis on the nature of, and qualifications for, a call to the ministry. I start with a quotation from Bishop Robinson -- no, not that one; rather Donald Robinson, the...