January is an excellent time to go away as a Church. Not much is going on, there’s not much to do, and the weather’s horrible, which means a lot of sitting inside. And this does something to starve the soul, making it lean and hungry and vulnerable. Walking through the Surrey countryside was gentle and […]

“Teach us to pray…” That’s what the disciples asked Jesus in Luke 11. I think I often read this verse as ‘teach us how to pray’ but in fact it just says ‘teach us to pray’. Perhaps it’s an insignificant distinction as Jesus does them teach them how to pray in the words of the Lord’s Prayer, but it […]

A month or so ago we had a Globe Talks: Friendship morning giving us the chance to spend a few hours together as a Church family to think through a Biblical understanding of friendship and some really practical applications of what that looks like.  I write these reflections as someone who cares deeply about friendships. […]

When I was a student, I was 6 hours away from home, family and friends, and any source of familiarity. In my first year I lived with six others who dabbled in drugs and alcohol and big nights out whilst I had a 9-5 degree and hospital placements. I was convinced that when went to […]

Every other Sunday at Globe, we come up to a table in the centre of the room to take bread and wine (grape juice!) together. If you’re new to church, it might be a strange thing to see. Others of us might think of it as very normal. Across the world and across the centuries, […]