Good in Parts

There's a lot too much going on on far too many fronts this week. GCSEs are over for older son, but A levels grind on for my daughter, w...

while the rest of the country (and a good few of my friends and acquaintances) are planning to head up to Scotland for the Make Poverty Hist...

This one courtesy of Urban Army concerns one of my great passions....books. Number of books I own ….substantially fewer than this time last...

On Thursday, I went along to Deanery Synod. As you might imagine, this was not the most exciting way of spending an evening, but could proba...

My father John died 27 years ago today. I was 18. He had been ill with cancer for some 9 months, but we'd become a family of ostriches, ...

I've been getting a daily reflection from the Henri Nouwen Society for a few weeks now, and it's often well worth reading. Today...

Yesterday it was my turn to take the worship at the home for "confused" old people down the road. Because we share ministry there ...

A while ago there was a bit of discussion on various blogs of our dreams for the church, and I was driven quietly mad by my inability to rem...

You scored as Jürgen Moltmann. The problem of evil is central to your thought, and only a crucified God can show that God is not indifferent...

After our holiday cum trek round Norfolk churches, Saturday saw a more significant pilgrimage for the Flemings. My youngest son was confirme...

I found this prayer in the church of St Bartholmew, Trunch, and its words resonated with my own feeling about why these buildings still matt...

Home yesterday from 3 days in East Anglia, indulging in a little gentle church crawling. Sad, I know, but that's life! Actually, armed a...

to everyone who prayed for me this week. Assorted issues still loom large in various directions, but the whole thing feels infinitely more m...

or "Server Dependency Syndrome" is something which affects clergy of a certain churchmanship, and can strike at any time. It is th...

Last night I watched the BBC 2 series Compulsion , the story of Jonny, a young man with drink, drug and gambling addictions. He was the old...

Thanks all of you for your comments. Obviously the Bishop was quite right, and it's well worth blogging even those books you're not ...

In response to my rash promise to my Bishop, here’s the first of my attempts to reflect on recent reading. Secular Lives, Sacred Hearts w...

Spent the morning at a supervision with my vicar. Gloucester curates have the benefit of a training manual, "The First Four Years"...

This was the title of an excellent CME presentation yesterday dealing with the Church’s attitudes to disability, which Mark has already cov...

One way and another, architecture has featured quite heavily in my thoughts this week. Tuesday revealed a huge gap between clergy and PCC un...