Good in Parts

My beloved friend, whose parish is only 15 miles from here, finds herself conducting untimely funerals, for babes and children, far too ofte...

It was a bitter January day. The snow lay thick on the ground, and driving was impossible. But nonetheless, I had to reach the Cathedral, wh...

Yesterday I saw a poster outside a church not far from here It read: “Do you have a family? We are a family here” My first reaction (and tha...

Suspect that I may be breaking the longest silence this blog has yet known...In part this was the result of 2 lazy weeks aboard Polyphony, e...

Hospitality – a great Christian virtue – one central to the life and ministry of the church, defined by the OED as “the reception and entert...

Today the Church of England is invited to remember John Keble... I've just been googling and found a site with these "definitions...

Back in January, while avoiding some piece of essential admin, I noticed a Calligraphy Quiet Day at our diocesan retreat house...I've al...

and across the country clergy and people try to focus on our primary calling, to be the Church, the Body of Christ, in our own communities. ...

The loveliest chapel in Gloucester Cathedral is, I think, the blue chapel...with fabulous glass and an altar of stunning simplicity. It is h...

After the high tension of yesterday's General Synod debate, which I followed pretty constantly on twitter, it was undoubtedly very good ...

I was part of a small diocesan working party that put together a pack to encourage our parishes to "Pray like Hannah" - with passi...

This month churches across Gloucestershire are going to “Pray Like Hannah”...But why? It's an answer to a question, and also an invitat...

The Church of England - my spiritual home, the boat from which I fish, the organisation that puts a roof over my head and food on my table, ...

It’s the season of school trips and family holidays and that of course means packing. I think the world is divided between those, like me, w...

Sally writes This has been a good week for British Methodism, The Annual Conference has discussed and debated many things and not shied awa...

Once upon a time I used to blog almost every day...Some posts of the "What I did at the seaside" variety and some reflective writi...

Do you see this woman?  That's the question of this passage... The question Jesus asks Simon – who has been making it very clear by ...

When I was a child, I had a springer spaniel, Robin...endlessly bouncy, demanding (and getting) long walks every day. He was my first pet, ...

Sally says... As I write this I can see out over our newly set up veggie plot from my study window. When Tim and I moved here in August la...