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THE part played by the English country parson has hardly changed in more than a thousand years. From the seventh century to the 20th, the parochial ministry was constant in its pur...
Becoming a public figure HAVING begun my ministry as a mother of young children, and, therefore, a somewhat obscure member of the local population, known more for being “the mothe...
NOT long after the extensive reordering of All Saints’, Loughborough (where I was Rector), I was approached by someone who had sung in an ad hoc choir at a friend’s wedding there....
THE medieval Franciscan poet Jacopone da Todi (1230-1306) once lamented: “I see Paris demolish Assisi stone by stone.” What irritated Jacopone was the increased number of Francisca...
PENTECOST marks a heightened awareness of the presence of the Holy Spirit at the end of a joyful Eastertide, and marks the beginning of what ought to be a new and vibrant spiritual...
IN THE worship band that I sing with at our monthly family service, the ages range between 18 and 80. Worship connects us and we make a “joyful noise” together; but I guess that ou...
IN THE background of our photograph are two Victorian church towers in Taunton, both made of sandstone. On the right is an imposing church dedicated to St James and, on the left, a...
MANY Church Times readers will have visited St Columba’s Abbey and his last resting place on Iona. I suspect that fewer have made the pilgrimage to his reputed birthplace at Gartan...
THIS article is more a conversation starter than a final statement, so complex and wide-reaching is the topic. I hope that it may generate further comments and input. As part of m...
WANTING to describe the most memorable wedding I have ever taken has proved impossible. More than any other church service, weddings seem to attract incident — whether because emot...
SIXTY years ago, the Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Bedford Park, in London, had an idea. The roof needed fixing, the area was run down, and the council in Chiswick was knocki...
THE Ramparts Cemetery near the Lille Gate in the Belgian town of Ypres has been a holy place for me ever since I first chanced upon it when taking a trip to the First World War bat...
I first heard the words from Connie Goodbread. I’ve heard them many times since. You’ve heard them, too: Everything we do is faith development. Everything we teach is Unitarian Uni...
People of faith are duty bound and must serve in our communities, must serve in our institutions. Must serve not only when it is convenient, but when it is necessary. The post Phil...
JOHN CONSTABLE, one of Britain’s greatest painters, was misunderstood and rejected by the British art establishment during his lifetime. Modern critics sometimes claim that, in co...
Faith has a voice. Faith says and believes what God says! Faith never works if you never put it to use.
THE parish system in the Church of England has been hotly debated for some years now. As numbers attending church continue to decline, it is getting harder and harder to sustain a...
THERE has always been ambivalence about the ministry of deacons. At their first appearance in the Bible, they are shown to serve two distinct ministries. In Acts 6:2-4, their task...
A FEW years back, I attended a theological workshop organised by a department of the Church of England. The theme was mission, Church, and Kingdom. In the usual way, we spent porti...
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