John Richardson on John and Martin The story of John Wesley’s conversion is well-known – how he went as an Anglican clergyman and missionary to preach the gospel to the America Indians, how during a storm on his outward journey [...]
Mary and Mother Church The Church is often charged with the supposed sin of patriarchalism; and since there is such a widespread sense of unease, and even guilt, about this, we should turn to the Fathers of the Church to [...]
Robbie Low on Saying and Believing Sunday by Sunday the parish priest stands before the altar of God and leads the Christian community in proclaiming the Creed. It is a relatively brief but irreducible minimum of the Christian faith. Each [...]
A clerical detective story by PDJ Aymes The kitchen of ‘Bishopsdingle’ – the official residence of the Bishop of Motherwell and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church – was, in the opinion of Commander Melhuilish, something of a tip. She [...]
Patrick Reardon on the ascetic theology of St Paul When the apostle Paul appointed St Timothy to be the bishop at Ephesus in the mid-50s, he sent the young pastor a series of wise pastoral directions. He told him, for [...]
Anne Gardom considers the significance of murals Murals – paintings on walls – are as old as mankind itself, full of mystery and unanswered questions. We look at the cave-paintings in France and Spain, or those made by the bushmen [...]
The internet has been alive with comments on the druidical ‘ordination’ of the next Archbishop of Canterbury. In a ceremony apparently invoking the ‘god and goddess’ (very PC) and the sheathing and unsheathing of a ceremonial sword (rather less so) [...]
John Hunwicke on the second Council of Constantinople ‘Cherchez la femme’ might be one way to understand the Fifth Ecumenical Council. The ‘femme’ – the Actress – was a remarkable lady – daughter, they said, of a bear-keeper, she was [...]
We live in a tiny hamlet on the Pennine watershed, three houses (rectory, the old glebe barn and stable) and a little Norman church, either side of a single track road. Above is a small, rounded hill that was once [...]
A Sermon in Stone The wayfarer in Leicestershire might easily miss its most precious gem: Staunton Harold – a house, church and lake which perfectly complement each other. Their sheer beauty on first sight may, however, conceal their real significance, [...]