Ordinary Christ Church Haywards Heath

This week we are focusing in on the issue of racism and injustice, which has been reignited in our minds due to the events in the USA in recent days. As churches and as individuals, what should our response be when we see evidence of inequality in our society, and how do we pursue justice […]

Online gaming has become a giant industry and hobby in our era, with the global industry worth some $152 billion, and with all odds suggesting further growth as the experience becomes more refined, more immersive and more accessible.What do Christians think about the world of online gaming?

So we’ve been doing this “online church” thing for a while now. How do you think it’s going? That’s not rhetorical – you can actually email us your thoughts on ordinary@cchh.org.uk. What do you like, and what do you dislike? What elements should be carried forward, and what are the core challenges? Let us know […]

I keep thinking that we won’t talk about Covid again. There’s been enough commentary, we’ve had enough opinions thrown at us left and right – and then we go and talk about it again. But this week is a little bit different. As we ease lockdown measures here in the UK and more and more […]

Evangelism is an area of the Christian life that is quite obviously impacted by lockdown. We just aren’t seeing people so it’s very difficult to have meaningful interactions that can lead to gospel conversations, but is there absolutely nothing we can do? In today’s episode we think about evangelism in the context of a lockdown.

Communication is an art form at the best of times, and now that we’re limited to mostly online communications through messaging and video calls, what we choose to say to each other and how we say it becomes even more important. The potential for misunderstandings – leading to frosty exchanges and bad feelings – goes […]

We are incredibly complex creatures. Everything we choose to say and do is motivated by an potentially irreducibly complicated entanglement of motivations, desires and perspectives. As Christians it’s really important to be self reflective, and in this episode we’re thinking about The Dynamic Heart in Daily Life by Jeremy Pierre, a book that attempts to […]

This week on Ordinary, as well as catching up on each other’s lockdown feelings, we’re talking about transgender. There seem to be several specific areas of Christian thought for each generation upon which secular views seem to press hard. At this time we see things like same-sex relationships, abortion, and and transgender issues directly challenging […]