Good in Parts

The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and th...

Yesterday morning I was lamenting the fact that I'm unlikely to find myself part of a church where this sort of music is on the menu, at...

Psalm 46 1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the...

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation as you come to know him, s...

What did you think as you listened to the news reports on Wednesday? Perhaps the Spending Review didn't seem to affect you too much at...

If it weren't so sad, it would be quite funny how long it can take me to get the message...This morning I can hear God's laughter qu...

The first part of this week, as we approached our patronal festival, was spent very much focussed on that one service - on making the church...

my bishop teased me gently on Tuesday, noting the thurifer getting organised and the diminutive acolytes standing waiting... Thus at a stro...

It began with a few gathered around a table with bread and wine. They heard the words of Jesus. Jesus’ words changed the bread into the food...

Today was one of those days at church in the valley. You know? the ones where half your regulars are away, for all sorts of good reasons, an...

Earlier this summer an email arrived reminding me that, as usual, there would be a labyrinth in Gloucester Cathedral in the week before Gre...

I spent last weekend, with some 20,000 others, at the Greenbelt Festival at Cheltenham racecourse. As always, over four days we were present...

Just one week ago excitement was at fever pitch in the vicarage. Hugger Steward and the Dufflepud were already encamped in the swamp that wa...

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...