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It’s with a mixture of sadness and joy that I write to inform our church that Julian Powell will be moving on from his role as Youth Minister at St…

Would you like to support plans for the major conservation redevelopment of our historic Grade II* listed church?  We are offering a paid summer internship as part of the St…

St John’s Hoxton is undertaking a significant and important piece of work during the summer of 2017 aimed at increasing our organisational resilience in preparation for a major redevelopment project….

St John’s Hoxton is undertaking a significant and important piece of work during the summer of 2017 aimed at increasing our organisational resilience in preparation for a major redevelopment project….

St John’s Hoxton is undertaking a significant and important piece of work during the summer of 2017 aimed at increasing our organisational resilience in preparation for a major redevelopment project….

St John’s Hoxton is undertaking a significant and important piece of work during the summer of 2017 aimed at increasing our organisational resilience in preparation for a major redevelopment project….

I was invited by the Bishop of London to preach at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday 31st July 2016 at the 3.15 Choral Evensong service. My text was 1 Corinthians…

Pastoral Letter – EU Referendum – Sunday 12th June 2016 Dear friends, On Thursday 23rd June 2016, we face a once-in-a-generation decision when as citizens of the United Kingdom we…

We’re so excited about our upcoming Summer Fair – held on Saturday 18th June from 11am-5pm. There’ll be food available from Tiffin, Terry’s Falafel, sandwiches and cakes from Curious Yellow…

This blog article was written for Christians on the Left and first published here

I preached the sermon at the Tolpuddle Methodist Chapel on Sunday 19th July 2015 as part of the 2015 Tolpuddle Festival. The text of my sermon is below… Introduction It’s…

I had coffee yesterday with a friend who works in the tech world. He had come from an interview with a ‘start-up’ company that is expanding rapidly. He specialises in…

One of my greatest joys in life is worshipping God with my wife and children – dancing around, singing, doing silly actions, getting breathless, bonding – with one another, and…

I spent the morning yesterday at a theological symposium organised by the Cinnamon Network – thinking about the theology that undergirds our mission activity. In discussing some of the presentations…

It was a real privilege to host around 40 members of the west African community last night for an evening with our local MP, Meg Hillier. Men, women and children…

I heard someone speaking recently of how their church was full of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. It reminded me of a book written by a friend of mine -…

53 ‘Ambassadors for Christ’ Commissioned Yesterday was an amazing day at St John’s Church in Hoxton. In addition to celebrating the baptism and confirmation of nine members of our congregations,…

My laptop computer is running slowly nowadays. It seems as though they’re not built to cope with more than about three years regular use anymore… Of course, I’m partly to…

This article was published in the Hackney Gazette on 19/12/2013 Kings have been in the headlines during 2013. We celebrated the birth and baptism of Prince George, and anticipated our…

During November each year, the Living Wage Foundation holds its annual ‘Living Wage Week’. This year, Ed Miliband lent his support to the campaign when he pledged that a Labour…

I gave a speech last night (12th September 2013) at the Hackney Citizens meeting at the Alevi Cultural Centre. The text of my speech is as follows: Jesus told a…

Bible Reading: John 18:15-27 The piece of music playing above is called ‘Undenied’ and is by the band Portishead, released on their 2nd album in 1997. It’s a melancholy and…

“Immensity cloistered in thy deare womb” This is one of my favourite lines from John Donne’s ‘La Corona’ poem. It speaks of the mystery of the incarnation – that the…