Good in Parts

What are you hoping for? If you were invited to describe your dream of tomorrow – for yourself, your family, your church, I wonder what you...

This week, the UK press has been buzzing with the case of Mr and Mrs Bulls , Bed and Breakfast proprietors who in 2008 refused to allow a g...

Isn't the Liturgical year amazing? Two weeks ago, we celebrated Jesus's birthday...Last week we heard of the visit of the wise men....

Great excitement at the vicarage yesterday, as for once (probably the first time since I found myself doing such things at all) the first Ba...

At this time of year, one of the favourite trick questions beloved by clergy tends to come to the fore. It is, of course, “How many wise me...

I'm snuggled in bed with Theo the kitten purring loudly on my chest - and with just a few minutes of typing time before he launches into...

This, my third Christmas as priest in charge in these two parishes, has been unlike any Christmas I've yet experienced. Fellow clergy wi...

I know we’re all short of sleep and high on excitement, but I wonder if you’d join me in a brief imaginative exercise this morning. Due to s...

With much love to all my friends, near and far... Thank you for sharing love and laughter in the past year.  Christmas blessings to you a...

Tonight I should be busily lighting the candles given in memory of so many, to lend Valley Church a beautiful welcoming glow for those arriv...

Tonight was the Village Carol Service at church on the hill. Last year, the Herring of Christ produced a splendid service using the readings...

This is the season of Great Expectations. I’ve spent a lot of time in our schools in the past couple of weeks, and of course excitement i...

Let Go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Why? (Author: Alice Bradley) Oh my! What a question for one who is still coming to ter...

Yesterday I was overwhelmed with parish life - a highly successful combined Church & School Advent Fayre, followed by intensive preparat...

Pick one moment during which you felt most alive this year. (Author: Ali Edwards) Thinking back, there were at first so many moments to cho...

Writing . What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to your writing — and can you eliminate it? (Author: Leo Babauta) Since writing ...

But I'm fond of this blog and would like something to keep me blogging through Advent, if I can...so inspired by my dear friends Songbir...

So here we are in Advent. No idea how that happened - would have done my best to avoid it if possible, but clearly the passage of time is ju...

The past week has been a good one for royalists. On Sunday we gathered here in our church, to remember those who died “for Queen and Coun...