Thurifer continues to stay home Possibly perverse; during recent isolation I watched a film about silence. “Into the Great Silence” a documentary by Philip Grönig was released in 2005, to much acclaim. I missed seeing it then and this seemed [...]
Steven Haws CR considers the links between the Community of the Resurrection and the Society of St John the Evangelist Before the foundation of the Community of the Resurrection (CR) there was the Society of the Resurrection which had its [...]
art Exhibitions in lockdown My last article for New Directions featured an exhibition which was closed after three days. At the time of writing there’s no knowing when galleries will be open. So, in a time of lockdown what are [...]
Christopher Smith wonders whether fear is getting the better of us All this hoo-ha in recent months has closed plenty of doors, of which more later, but it has opened a few as well. Many of us have had to [...]
The challenge of the past few weeks for those, lay and ordained, who minister in the Church of England (and by that I mean all who have a vocation as Christians) has been how to keep the life of the [...]
Jonathan Beswick considers sacred space “By transferring passages [of scripture] and dressing them up anew, and making one thing out of another, they succeed in deluding many through their wicked art in adapting the oracles of the Lord to their [...]
We associate Norfolk with large churches in the Perpendicular style. Nevertheless, a number of fine Norman fonts survive, sometimes when the rest of the church has been rebuilt in Gothic. The most unusual subject matter is found at Burnham Deepdale [...]
Richard Bastable considers worship online Undoubtedly livestreaming and other digital broadcasts have helped some of those able to access it to feel close to Christian worship, and has provided them some spiritual nourishment. I decided early not to livestream, chief [...]
Charlie Bell considers what lessons have been learnt in the current crisis as we look to the future The past few months have not, perhaps, been the Church of England’s finest. At times it has felt that we have, through [...]
Ian McCormack explores the importance of place It has been suggested that the rush to embrace online and virtual worship is part of a Machiavellian plot to deny the importance of church buildings and refashion the Church of England along [...]