Simon Cotton celebrates Somerset towers The magnificent tower of Bishop’s Lydiard church (1) would be a highlight if found in many other English counties; here in Somerset it is one of many, with similarities to others like Ile Abbots [...]
Living in Love and Faith has been a major exercise in learning and listening undertaken by the Church of England, not only about the question of same-sex relationships but on many issues touching on our understanding of the human person, [...]
Peter Anthony meditates on the Transfiguration How mad do you have to be to want to be ordained? It’s a serious question. Just how out of your mind have you got to appear if you want to become a [...]
For Emma Ineson, Lent is a good time to think about the theology of failure The neglected liturgy in the Church of England, from the BCP, called, ‘A commination or denouncing of God’s anger and judgements against sinners’, involves [...]
Barbara Ross looks ahead to the Third Sunday of Lent and its Gospel Reading of the woman at the well The symbolism of water is of major importance in the Gospel of John, as it is in the Hebrew [...]
As Lent begins, Richard Harries offers a reflection on ‘The Collar' by George Herbert (1593-1633) A collar is sometimes put round the neck of a dog or other animal to restrain them, as reflected in the saying ‘To slip [...]
David Hamid recalls with fondness his interactions with Pope Benedict and his legacy for Anglicans Pope Benedict XVI, the 264th successor to St Peter, died on 31 December at the age of 95. He was born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger [...]
Joseph Alois Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI: born on 16 April, 1927, and died 31 December, 2022 (ordained 1951, consecrated 1977; cardinal 1977, pope 2005) by Michael Langrish With the death of Benedict XVI the church has lost a world [...]
From Maidstone to Ebbsfleet …and from Rod to Rob, David Banting introduces a new bishop In December, Downing Street announced that the Successor to Bishop Rod Thomas at the See of Maidstone would be the Revd Dr Rob Munro [...]
The moment has come. I can no longer put off writing about Living in Love and Faith. If you have had the good fortune to have lived in splendid isolation from such things over the last few years, then Living [...]