Good in Parts

Yesterday afternoon, having no church committments of my own I......... .went to church! I know. Sad, isn't it? But the church I went ...

Yesterday afternoon I was in Bristol Cathedral to see David Hoyle installed as their new Dean. It was a very splendid service, with lots of ...

This week, K, M & I were asked to talk to the Local Ministry teams from some neighbouring parishes about what was happening at Messy Chu...

If you've spent much time in these parts, you'll know that I am very fond of my FabBishop, - who ordained me both deacon (just after...

What does Pentecost mean for you? Would you prefer Whitsun? Did you know that today is one of the Big Three celebrations of the Christian ...

Such a lovely morning as we gathered to celebrate Pentecost...Last year, the Spirit had danced with the children who whirled coloured stream...

Rifling hopefully through files on my computer last night I found this lurking under the title "Thoughts towards a sermon for Ascension...

here's the text of the sermon I preached today, as we begin Christian Aid Week. Easter 6 yr C Christian Aid sermon I wonder how you...

On Friday, Sally posted this over at RevGals...but I was far too busy drifting around in a state of sleep-deprived emotional exhaustion afte...

I interrupt my unwelcome tidying to bring you this week's Unconscious Mutterings with thanks, as usual, to Luna nina Creepy ::crawly Li...

Ministry at the nursing home that occupies the former vicarage just next to Church in the Valley is a comparatively new development. When I ...

Recently, as you'll have noticed, I've been rather an absent blogger. There are lots of reasons for this. One, of course, is general...

There's a popular view, usually espoused by those who aren't Christians, that the church should keep well out of politics. It's ...

I had just come out of the Co-op...stopping off for a bottle of milk and a bag of salad after a funeral. It had been raining, but the sky wa...

Friendship My friend Kathrynzj (with whom I shared a cabin on the very first RevGals Big Event, 2 years ago) is just home from this year...

That's the title of a report commissioned by FabBishop and currently making its way around deaneries, after a mixed reception at diocesa...