I went back to school last week. It was in my role as Chaplain to those training for ordained and lay ministry through the South West Ministry Training Course (SWMTC). A week-long Lent School in the lovely city of Salisbury. It was a privilege. An honour to draw alongside those Read more…
Just over three years ago I had the privilege of being invited to preach at Portsmouth Cathedral. Among those gathered was Angela Tilby, former BBC religious programmes producer and known for being a somewhat provocative columnist for the Church Times. The Cathedral was marking the launch of a ‘Living Well’ Read more…
I am indebted to Canon Mark Oakley for inspiring the title of this post. Writing in the Church Times, he describes how during the significant days of Holy Week many (not least clergy) wear themselves out journeying through the emotions of them all and they are ‘wholly weak’ by the Read more…
While it will feel strange not being able to mark the most important week in the Christian Year in our churches, we can also know that God can bless us in new ways at this time. Using art, words, music and silence, these two films reflects on some of the Read more…
This video is one of a series of short films for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Focussing on words from Isaiah 40, we come Out of the Wilderness renewed and enabled to see life from God’s perspective and given strength in times of weakness. Click here to watch. A full Read more…
This video is one of a series of short films called Out of the Wilderness, designed for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. Focussing on Psalm 40, in this film we consider how God restores us and gives us a new song to sing. Recorded before the current difficult times, it’s Read more…
This video is one of a series of short films called Out of the Wilderness, designed for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. It considers how waiting for God’s guidance (and some aspects of life generally) can be difficult. Click here to watch. A full list of the films in this Read more…
This video is one of a series of short films called Out of the Wilderness, designed for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. It considers how when in spiritually dry times, times when we feel we are in the wilderness, we may find ourselves wandering: unsure of where we are heading. Read more…
This video, part of a series of short films for Lent, Holy Week and Easter considers what we might be wanting when travelling Out of the Wilderness. What do we want from God? What does God want, not from, but for us? Click here to watch. A full list of Read more…
23 degrees in February. Winter sun in Seville. And visiting one of the city’s 115 churches. The confessional. The priest inhabits a solitary compartment. To one side, kneels a man confessing his sin through a latticed screen. No door to hide behind though. His act of penitence witnessed by all around. Read more…