This Higher Life
R. M. Benson on the Resurrection of the Lord The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is a truth of the utmost importance for us to dwell upon. It is not merely one of a great series of truths which [...]
Space and Time
The Bishop of Fulham’s homily on Edward King Day at St Stephen’s House The object of theological colleges is to secure ministerial efficiency. I chose these words as my text not only because I knew that they would appeal to [...]
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies CH CBE
James Davy on the former Master of the Queen's Music Sir Peter Maxwell Davies died on 14 March, aged 81. He was one of the truly outstanding voices of twentieth-and twenty-first-century music. Standing in the European avant-garde tradition, he could [...]
Under the Mercy
Paschal Worton on an undeserved gift of God Denis was not the easiest friar to look after. Bedridden with arthritis, this previously dynamic priest used to shout for me at all times of the day or night with his still-powerful [...]
The Columba Declaration
David Mumford on problems of jurisdiction and doctrine The Columba Declaration, a joint agreement between the Church of England and the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, was approved by the General Synod in February by 243 votes to 50 with 49 [...]
touching place
ST LAURENCE, COMBE, OXON Around 1395, the monks of Eynsham Abbey had the church at Combe rebuilt. Previously down by the Evenlode, now it is up on a hill, nearly all Perpendicular – a bit like East Anglia. Inside, and [...]
SECULAR LITURGIES
Tom Sutcliffe on sex and gender All actresses are of course also actors. But only some actors (namely women) are actresses. Readers may not have noticed that obituaries of actresses in The Guardian have for some time scrupulously avoided using [...]
Book of the month
THE PAUL DEBATE: CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE APOSTLE N. T. Wright SPCK, 120pp, pbk ISBN 978 0281074112 £14.99 ‘If you want to understand Paul, you must first love him,' says Bishop Lindsay Urwin OGS. He is quite right – [...]
the way we live now
Christopher Smith on those Ash Wednesday cup-cakes Do you ever get the feeling that the modern world is finding it difficult to grow up? I've just been sent a flyer by the Redemptorists for their new publication called Pope Francis [...]
devotional
Jeremy Taylor on Holiness Arthur Middleton Holiness is not only an advantage to the learning of all wisdom and holi ness, but for the discerning of that which is wise and holy from what is trifling and useless and contentious; [...]