The thought of leaving Canterbury, spiritually or emotionally, breaks my heart. I grew up there. I spent five years in the school built around its…
Continue reading → Leaving home – the future of the Christian faith in England.
Gavin Ashenden lives partly in Shropshire and partly in Normandy. He was until 2016 a part time parish priest, looking after a small parish on…
Democracy is at first sight a very frightening idea. In what other context would you ask people with passionate tribal allegiances, but who clearly have…
Continue reading → Holiness lasts longer than politics-the limits of democracy. © Gavin Ashenden
One of the great gifts of the charismatic movement was to reintroduce to the church the need and the ability to ‘test the spirits’. Those…
Continue reading → Answering heresy amongst the bishops of the Church of England. © Gavin Ashenden
It was normal in serious Christianity that when you encountered Jesus and gave your life to him you would ask to be baptised. In your…