The Hearth of Mopsus

In amidst all the worries about AI models destroying us in a couple of years, fears themselves situated in a maelstrom of existential threat...

It was the morning of the Village Show and, despite the extraordinarily unfavourable growing conditions in recent months, some dogged local ...

Every ordained person knows the story of the medieval monastery whose report to their Bishop Visitor went ‘the community hears a sermon ever...

Over the months since it came out, I was the very least important person pouring scepticism on last year's Bible Society report 'The...

Remember my stricture about not saying anything, if you can't say anything good? This afternoon's Radio 4 drama about a local commun...

The gentleman who came to the church to talk to me about becoming our PCC Treasurer seemed singularly ill at ease. The current office-holder...

I suppose on a personal level I should be grateful to the White House Deputy Chief of Staff Mr Miller, who over recent days has provided me ...

In the parish there are three secular, non-Church schools in addition to our Church infants school. On Monday the all-through primary school...

It's sort of appropriate that tomorrow is the feast day of St Elizabeth of Hungary, the 13th-century princess who ended her life prematu...

A letter to a diocesan bishop: We write as your loyal diocesan chapter of the Society of Catholic Priests in regard to the recent statement ...

The Borough Deans gathered for lunch yesterday. What the role will mean exactly once the local governmental structures of Surrey go through...

When Emily's family first came to Swanvale Halt, they arrived at our Toddler Group before they'd even moved into the area. They were...

I’ve known Fr Embridge for ages: he used to be on the team at Lamford when he worked in the secular world, and now looks after a parish whil...

The CEO of the local Council was only supposed to be a couple of minutes, but I was waiting for him for about twenty. Well, things come up, ...

The young man accosted me as I was returning home from Vespers, with a phrase (whatever it was) which is like the usual opening gambit from ...

There is an Area Dean in the church-set TV comedy series Rev , but she has a minor role next to waspish Archdeacon Robert, who turns up at t...

Typical, you might well think, one of the most momentous changes, potentially, in the way the State relates to the life of the individual, a...

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

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...

The latest Anglican safeguarding scandal to come to public attention depresses in the same way any other has, though it carries its own spe...