The Hearth of Mopsus

A couple of weeks ago I visited Professor Fireface in her beautiful cottage, home not just to her but two King Charles spaniels, three cats,...

Ironically, as it was pointed out to us at Deanery Chapter today, this coming Sunday is designated Safeguarding Sunday in the Church of Engl...

Curiously – or perhaps not – while I am away on holiday pastoral issues often seem to blow up in the parish. That happened this October, and...

The new archdeacon, a jovial, bustling lady who used to work in the Diocese of Oxford, came to say hello. We sat in the café opposite the ch...

On my great trip north I called in on my friend Clare (no point disguising her name) who is Chaplain to the University of Cumbria in Lancast...

I'll post further about aspects of my holiday to Lancashire just past, which included swings past Sheffield on the journey up and back t...

Michaelmas Day gives me an opportunity not just to speak about angels but also our former sacristan Sister Mary, the ex-nun who 'always ...