Given the episode number, how could we not talk about the Trinity? It is, perhaps, the core doctrine of Christianity, yet also incredibly contested, and remarkably opaque. Its centrality is undisputed. Christians believe in the triune God – one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. From the first century, Christians were baptised in the name of the Father, son and Holy Spirit, as per Jesus' instructions (Matthew 28.19). New Testament theology clearly reflects a growing sense of it in their Christology (e.

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This week we said good bye to Bill, our dog and companion for nearly 17 years. I talked about him in the latest episode of Mid-faith Crisis, in an episode which proved to be rather emotional for both Joe and myself. This is a kind of tidied up version of what I said on the show. It’s been a strange and sad week. Very blessed in many ways but incredibly sad.

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In the podcast episode we have just recorded, I quote from this passage by Chesterton. Sheer, wonderful genius. The sun rises every morning. I do not rise every morning; but the variation is due not to my activity, but to my inaction. Now, to put the matter in a popular phrase, it might be true that the sun rises regularly because he never gets tired of rising. His routine might be due, not to a lifelessness, but to a rush of life.

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In Mid-faith Crisis 330, Joe and I – together in the same room for once – talk about getting older, about becoming an ‘adult of God’, and what our new roles might be in the future years. [Mid-faith Crisis Episode 330: Growing old disgracefully] I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of ‘elders’ recently. Mainly because I am one now. Or, at least, I aspire to being one. In our society today the idea of elders is rather looked down.

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