Steve Richards
Mar 1, 2024
Condemned in my place
Nearly 2000 years ago, the city of Jerusalem was hosting what was arguably its most important annual feast – the Passover....
Steve Richards
Oct 5, 2023
To be safely gathered in
We were out for morning coffee. There weren’t any unoccupied tables, so we joined a lady sitting alone. We soon got into conversation and...
Steve Richards
May 4, 2023
King and subjects
The coronation of King Charles III will be in the form of a Christian religious ceremony. Traditionally, at the moment of the actual...
Steve Richards
Jan 6, 2023
Light dispels darkness
Due to the holiday period, I am having to write this article well in advance of publication. In fact, it is just a few days before 21st...
Steve Richards
Oct 6, 2022
A first-hand faith
If you are a person of faith, is it something you’ve inherited or has someone taken the trouble to introduce you to it? Either way, is...
Steve Richards
Jun 30, 2022
Notions about God
A friend of mine, before becoming a vicar, was a geography teacher. He would take students on field trips down to the Jurassic Coast. He...
Steve Richards
May 6, 2022
Riches for the poor and weak
Some disdain religion by saying it just gives life meaningful (albeit naïve) structure for people who are largely poor and uneducated. At...
Steve Richards
Mar 4, 2022
Praying for real
Unless I’m very much mistaken, I believe that nearly every person reading this article will have prayed at one time or another. If it is...
Steve Richards
Feb 4, 2022
Ritualistic prayer or realistic prayer?
I’m going to make an assumption here and it is that a good majority of people reading this column will be able to recite the Lord’s...
Steve Richards
Dec 3, 2021
Deep roots
When I think of spring, I think flowers; when of autumn, I think trees. The Bible often uses trees to teach spiritual truth, more so I...