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 [...]
I remember when I got married that suddenly I started noticing wedding fairs. I remember that when I started having children, I suddenly started noticing baby services and childbirth classes and Mothercare. So I’m going to hesitate to say that maybe God is saying something… it may just be my ears are more attuned to [...]
I’ve just been enjoying a delicious weekend away with my good lady wife to celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. While I’ve been away, two different threads have been circulating around my brain. Firstly, I notice that my bishop (at least for another month or so), Michael Nazir-Ali, has been at it again with more pronouncements [...]
I was out of the house early last Saturday morning for a planning meeting and so only picked up my post about lunchtime. By that time, the news was already emerging on the Internet that the Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, my diocesan bishop was resigning his post. Like all the other [...]
So the Meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion in Tanzania has concluded and the draft text of the much discussed Covenant (no, no that one) has been released along with a Communiqué that provides the conclusions of this set of meetings. There appears to be much to be thankful for – not least [...]
I have a confession to make. I know it’s a pretty shocking confession coming from someone who comes from evangelical roots, but I can’t remember the last time I fasted. If you imagine a list of priorities in a Christian’s life, I am ashamed to say that the spiritual disciplines are pretty much at the [...]
International readers may not be aware of it, but a political situation is beginning to seriously rumble in the UK concerning the proposed Equality Act that is already law in Northern Ireland and is due to come into effect in the rest of the UK in April. I won’t pretend that I know what’s going [...]
So Christmas is over, New Year is over, I’ve finished my essays (*grin*) and in the rest of the Church of England, the discussion of “That Covenant” is back on the agenda after a brief football in no-man’s land-like break in hostilities over the Christmas period. Except, it’s not been all that quiet. Giles Fraser [...]
For the last few years, my wife and I have attended the New Wine summer conferences. Ostensibly, at first, because our church decamped to Somerset for two weeks every Summer, we have become regulars in the team that corrals 500 ten and eleven year olds per week. I’ve been impressed with New Wine generally speaking. [...]
Tonight I put the finish to my second essay of four that I need to have done by the beginning of January so I thought I’d briefly post as I come up for air before diving into essay number three tomorrow. On one hand, I feel good. Fellow Ridleians who wander past this site will [...]
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