The Parents’ Meeting and the Early Thresholds
A few weeks ago, I spoke at a First Communion parents’ meeting. One of the toughest gigs you can have as a catechist is the…
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Stepping into Reality
Thank God for monasteries 🙂 Have you noticed how technological culture uproots us from what is ‘given’? The way of technology is to control, manipulate,…
Process not Programmes
Five or so years ago, my approach to adult faith formation was all centred around the programme. I remember offering the Catholicism programme, shortly followed…
January and Dreams of Harvest
It is SO chilly right now in London. Chilly as far as London goes, anyway. I was loving the early morning frost at the beginning…
After Alpha: Forming Future Disciple-Makers
So, by this stage, lots of people know that in Richmond we have been using Alpha as our initial evangelisation tool. I keep hearing of…
Experiencing the Love of God and the …
I am loving the cold, frosty starts, the way the sun hangs so low in the sky, creating some beautifully golden afternoons in London, as the…
“Religion is what other people do.”
In my studies, I have come across an illuminating article by sociologist Steve Bruce, “Late Secularisation and Religion as Alien” (2014, see here). He defines…
