The Golden Jubilee of VE Day coincided with the ASB commemoration of the 14th century English mystic Julian of Norwich. The VE Day celebrations spoke time and again of the aspirations of hope at the end of this second millennium [...]
George Austin asks "What do we expect of our bishops?" When the Archbishop delivers the Bible to the newly consecrated bishop in the BCP Ordinal, it is clear that the bishop is to be primarily a pastor, and a pastor [...]
John Richards, Bishop of Ebbsfleet talks to new Directions about his experiences and hopes after a year in office Just over a year ago the two Johns were consecrated to an office unique in the Church of England - Provincial [...]
Before the days of liturgical renewal and Vatican II Catholics only celebrated mass in the morning and faithful members of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament prayed that evening communions would soon come to an end. As a young curate [...]
Fr John Broadhurst, National Chairman of Forward in Faith, reviews changes and developments over the past eighteen months Students of English Christianity know that every hundred years or so there is an event which can be seen as a turning [...]
The High Priestly Prayer of Jesus: John 17 6-26 It may be fanciful to think Jesus is still praying precisely His high priestly prayer in John 17:626, but He certainly prayed it for His disciples on the night before he [...]
The Church of Norway is at the present time witnessing an internal division of such proportions that schism is a real possibility. The intensity of the conflict can only be explained as the culmination of a century of unsolved theological [...]
Instant experts who seem to know everything after only a brief stay in a place are rightly suspected. This encourages me to be cautious in forming conclusions about Australia, a vast continent in which I have lived and worked for [...]
Faced with your own difficult decisions, readers of Directions may want to know of the progress of women’s ordination in the Episcopal Church. Our experience suggests that the cheerful welcome and pained concern you now hear from the innovators will [...]
... wait for the gift my Father promised... in a few days you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit... you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and [...]