The Hearth of Mopsus

As a distraction from current events, though we could discuss those and their resonances for a long while and may well yet , here is an offe...

Normally on my day off I wouldn’t venture to the church unless I absolutely had to, but yesterday it felt too isolated to say my prayers at ...

Clergy houses, like churches, are supposed to be inspected every five years by a surveyor to check their state. The Quinquennial Inspection ...

By the time you get to Cuddington, you’re well into the outer London suburbs, and it feels very much like the Diocese of Southwark rather th...

The wind battered Swanvale Halt yesterday as it did most other parts of the country. At the Rectory I eyed the trees, but got away with noth...

When he attends Morning Prayer at Swanvale Halt, Donald, the retired hospital chaplain, often brings a subject which is at the top of his mi...

To most people, February 14th was Valentine's Day, or St  Valentine's if you are more religiously aware. For Fr Thesis and other goo...