With all the kerfuffle about the election in this country and the new ‘progressive’ alliance at the heart of Government, I guess it was unsurprising that the nomination for the Bishop of Rochester sank to the bottom of the respective in-trays for David Cameron and Her Majesty the Queen. It has, apparently, been sorted for [...]
On a personal level, I am about to embark on my once-every-four-years month-long trial of both tortuous nervousness, mixed with moments of sheer joy and hope, culminating in bleak disappointment and despair. Yes, the FIFA World Cup is here again. As regular readers will know, I’m a football fan. In fact, for once, I have [...]
Over the Summer, I was fascinated by this article in the Telegraph not long before I spent the best part of a week accompanying our young people to Soul Survivor where we worshipped in a tent crammed to the gunnels with 11,000 people – 98% of whom were in their teens. The Telegraph article explains [...]
I know I should probably be listening to Radio Two by now at the age of 35 but more often than not, I listen to Radio One and I love the Chris Moyles show in the mornings. Anyway, somehow I missed this conversation from a recent broadcast in which Chris related his experience of watching [...]
Amongst all that I am supposed to do as an ordained minister is the fact that in my ordination I made a vow to be a good student of all that will deepen my faith and fit me to bear witness to the truth of the gospel. I am also a curate and therefore still [...]
As part of my dissertation work, I have come across an extremely interesting pamphlet called The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint by Edward Tufte. Tufte is Professor Emeritus at Yale and he is something of a guru, it seems, on statistical evidence, analytical design and interface design. In the extremely readable pamphlet, Tufte eviscerates the use [...]
I was pleased to see that the people that run the Church of England website are looking for feedback. A survey has been made available to enable users of the site to give their thoughts and opinions… presumably as a first stage of an overhaul of the current offering. The current site, I would guess, [...]
Yesterday, I returned from the four day once every three years Rochester Diocesan Conference in Bognor Regis. I am sure there are various people commenting in the blogosphere about the happenings of the last few days in that wet and windy seaside town. Certainly both Phil and Rob are worth a read and thanks Rob [...]
So the Transforming Worship paper from the Liturgical Commission was debated on Saturday and so much for my expectation that it would just roll through on the nod. You can listen to the Liturgical Commission’s presentation and to the debate on the Church of England website, although much like the CofE’s clunky use of RTF [...]
General Synod has, of course, begun in York. Unfortunately I can’t be there although I did get an invitation having been part of a small group who helped the soon to be Revved up (and ex-colleague at Ridley) Tim Lomax put together the worship for Sunday evening. I hope all you Synod-ers enjoy my hopefully [...]
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