Who pays? We live in a small country parish that finds it difficult to raise funds to maintain our large medieval church. At a recent PCC meeting a member said the pop star who has recently bought the manor house [...]

Feasting Andy Hawes is Warden of Edenham Regional Retreat House A library of books has been written about the disciplines and practices associated with the penitential seasons of Advent and Christmas. I don't think I have ever seen or heard [...]

Mark Stevens considers a recent concept from Dr Williams and argues that its implicit rejection of tolerance is troubling 'So we should have done more on what it means to be . a Catholic church; we should have done more [...]

Martin Hislop offers a splenetic rant after a recent diocesan synod The Diocese of Southwark prides itself on being at the cutting edge for the Church of England. A self perpetuating urban myth is centred upon the prophetic voices that [...]

Anthony Gelston reminds us of the Eastertide teaching we still possess from a number of fourth century bishops We are fortunate to possess records of at least part of the training of converts to Christianity by four bishops towards the [...]

Geoffrey Kirk considers the options before the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church after the deliberations of the Anglican Primates at Dar es Salaam and suggests her most likely next move No one should for a moment doubt the sincerity [...]

From a nightclub dance floor to Morning Prayer in a church Steven Young on building communities through Daily Prayer and the search for identity within the patterns of city life City life gives you the camouflage you need to be [...]

In St Michan's Church Dublin it was once possible, and perhaps still is, to shake the hand of a mummified corpse, dubiously claimed to be that of an 'ould crusader'. The handshake was said to convey luck, in the way [...]

Luke Pacioli takes us through some of the intricacies of diocesan accounting to reveal how weak are the supposed safe-guards which General Synod wishes to put in place with regard to parsonages 'I thank God we haven't talked about money. [...]

David de Verney offers a brief sketch of a new type of church ministry among the migrant workers from Eastern Europe with the difficulties and challenges it presents I took up my post as the new Chaplain for Migrant Workers [...]