Steve Richards
Oct 4, 2019
A true valuation
An artwork masterpiece by Florentine Renaissance artist Cimabue, which depicts the mocking of Jesus Christ, has turned up in an elderly...
Steve Richards
Feb 8, 2019
Faith Matters
Faith Matters is a snappy title for this column. How are we to understand it? It might mean ‘matters appertaining to faith’ or it could...
Steve Richards
Aug 3, 2018
Voice recognition
‘Steve, it’s Kev…’ are the opening words used by my close friend, Kevin, when leaving a message on my answerphone. He doesn’t really need...
Steve Richards
Dec 1, 2017
A Matter of Validation
Leonardo da Vinci’s painting entitled ‘Jesus Saviour of the World’ has sold at auction in New York for £341 million. Sixty years ago the...
Steve Richards
Nov 3, 2017
Knowing and Loving
When I was still in short trousers, there was a song out which I liked. It was performed by the Teddy Bears. The first lines went like...
Steve Richards
Apr 13, 2017
Seeing is believing, or is it?
Thomas was a brave, cautious and questioning soul. He was amongst Jesus’ close followers. When Jesus announced that he was going to a...
Steve Richards
Jan 2, 2017
A matter of identity
For me, one of the more heart-warming news items to hit the headlines during 2016 concerned the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby....
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May 6, 2016
A voice of authority needed
Europe: should we believe and trust what the ‘stay in’ campaigners tell us, or the advocates of ‘leave’? The former are using fear as one...
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Jan 1, 2016
Wise men from the East
Traditionally, this week will see many churches presenting sermons based around the account of the wise men from the east who travelled...
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Sep 4, 2015
Neighbourly love
Some Christians living in Kent are travelling over to Calais in order to minister to the immediate needs of migrants in the camps there....