Sixty-two years ago, as a young minister I gave a talk to the members of the Youth Club at a Congregational Church in Halifax. Amongst other things I inadvertently gave great offence and aroused considerable...
Most days I take a circular walk round the village. I pause at the church-yard, sit on a bench and practise my morning meditation. Before me are rows of graves, many beautifully tended. I scan...
I was recently startled by a TV advertisement for low-cost funerals. I was particularly interested as I am 87 and well aware that I shall soon be in the hands of the undertaker. Today funerals...
My sitting room contains so many pictures of Mary the Mother and her child that a stranger coming into it might be tempted to exclaim, What a Catholic house this is – just look at...
From 1542 to 1545 an epidemic of the plague raged in Geneva. The Protestant ministers were reluctant to visit the sick and dying. The preachers met and confessed that it was certainly their duty but...
Frank Walker offers a view from the hospital waiting room, reflecting on the sovereignty of Good and the kingdom of God.
Extraordinary and remarkable, this is the most interesting novel I have read for many years – absorbing, fascinating, challenging, infuriating, moving, utterly compelling. It defies categorisation: part autobiography, part account of the beginnings of Christianity...
Contemporary drawing of John Wroe on a donkey At a recent Oldie literary luncheon Melvin Bragg discussed his latest book on the cultural influence of the 1611 Authorised Version of the Bible. Seated between two...
Frank Walker reviews Tried for Heresy A 21st Century Journey of Faith by Andrew Furlong O Books, Winchester U.K. and New York U.S.A., 2003, pp.256, price £9.99 ISBN: 1903816521 The seemingly inexorable decline of the...
