Mistaken identity From Geoffrey Kirk Many of your readers will know that in the tempestuous youth of this magazine I occasionally contributed to it under the sobriquet of Mark Stevens. I would not wish them to confuse me with the [...]

It would be difficult for us not to be somewhat disappointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury writing that he hoped that the current legislation allowing for the ordination of women to the episcopate would pass. This is a far cry [...]

‘Respect’ in action Disciplinary Board for Bishops certifies that South Carolina Bishop has abandoned the church - The Episcopal Church, Office of Public Affairs, Wednesday, October 17, 2012 The Disciplinary Board for Bishops has advised Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori [...]

Treasure in the backyard Arthur Middleton The treasure we seek is in our own backyard, the real and living circumstances of life in the workaday world. We find that treasure as we respond to the spiritual fullness of life as [...]

You have long left behind the Welsh mining valleys, such as remains of them, as you head north-west up the A40 along the Usk valley beyond Crickhowell, but you might easily give this small village a miss. Opposite the turn [...]

Christopher Smith considers the twilight of the gods Last month, I spent a rather extraordinary week living in what felt like two parallel universes. In one, life proceeded pretty much as usual. But in the other, I was immersed in [...]

New versions of old classics? Tom Sutcliffe on new productions of Chekhov and Mozart Benedict Andrews’s Young Vic staging of Three Sisters only mildly updated the Chekhov, playing it on a largely unfurnished thrust stage, audience on three sides under [...]

Janet Backman commends a book with much to teach all those who wish to be disciples of Jesus Christ WORDS OF SPIRITUALITY Exploring the Inner Life Enzo Bianchi SPCK, 128pp, pbk 978 0281068678, £9.99 One of the most poignant of [...]

Arthur Middleton on ‘what always and everywhere and by all was believed’ There are many church people who see updating the Church as accommodating it to secular culture and too often their arguments are grounded in sentiment rather than Church [...]

Prayer & mission Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House 　 St Andrew’s Day which falls on the last day of this month. It is set aside as a day of prayer for the mission of the Church. [...]