Peter Crumpler
Christmas seems to come earlier each year - but that's a good thing!
Every year it happens, round about this time. I hear Christians lamenting how 'Christmas comes earlier every year.'
Five reasons why Christians should pray for the media
Christians and churches of all denominations are being urged to pray for the media on Sunday November 1. The appeal comes from Christians in Media, a network working across all forms of media â online, print, local, national and global.
The pandemic's unsung heroes who help us say goodbye
No one likes to talk about death, especially during a pandemic that's impacting everyone on the planet. And yet for some people, death is their life's work. It's their vocation.
Think twice before you take aim at the messenger
My heart sank when I heard the news that Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters had delayed the distribution of several UK national newspapers by blockading their printing presses.
Praying for a football team
Thousands of pilgrims have been descending on a west London place of worship as it prepares to close after 116 years of playing a vital role in its local community. But this is not a cathedral, church, synagogue, mosque or temple. It's a football ground.
Fighting the fourth pandemic: disinformation
The rise in disinformation and fake news has reached epidemic levels in countries around the world, with mounting concern about its negative impact.
Abbey's 'black Jesus' stirs up a storm â but is that so bad?
A large-scale painting of the Last Supper depicting Jesus as a black man has sparked controversy and heated debate in the UK and around the world. I reckon that's no bad thing. In fact, it could be really positive.
London 'more religious than the rest of the country', says new report
The report 'Religious London' released this week, shows that Londoners are significantly more religious than people living elsewhere in Britain, and the capital's Christians are far more ethnically diverse.
When Christ stood in Trafalgar Square
There, with London's traffic rushing by, pigeons coming in to land, and tourists snapping photographs of each other, Christ stood unobtrusively. Standing, you could say, at the door of our consciousness, and asking to be let in.
Church recruits journalist to boost local news
An Anglican church in Kent, south-east England, is taking the 'revolutionary' step of employing a full-time journalist to report on community and church-based news.
Pandemic 'transforms the Church into Netflix'
The Covid-19 pandemic has "propelled the Church into the contemporary world," says a new report from CPAS, an Anglican evangelical mission agency working with UK and Irish churches.
Longing for a return to church
I realise, after yet another Zoom call or YouTube viewing, that the technology â wonderful though it is â is making me yearn increasingly for the real church experience.
Are churches soon to lose a friend in the media?
Local and regional media, which have often given churches their best coverage, are in crisis.
Christian journalist defends role of the media in the pandemic
ITV News journalist and producer Julie Etchingham has defended the role of the media during the coronavirus pandemic.
In this time of self-isolation, you can still take time to go on a 'lockdown pilgrimage'
It may be a short pilgrimage of less than a mile, but in these uncharted times, it's just as significant.
Blessed are the truth-tellers
Now is the time for truth and accuracy to be at the centre of all our communications.