David Houlding writes about the single life IN ALL THE DISCUSSIONS recently on human sexuality the positive aspects of remaining 'single' are often ignored. There is a whole variety of reasons why men and women do not marry and, as [...]

BORN IN ADVERSITY As we dismantled the Bishops' Conference support office which had been manned by Forward in Faith right throughout the Lambeth Conference, the more missionary minded Bishops were going off to deputation preaching for their provinces. This meant [...]

Et homo factus est FROM THE VERY EARLIEST translations of the Creed into the English language, the mystery of the Incarnation has been expressed in a rather puzzling way, even if our long familiarity with the words has reduced our [...]

A letter to a frequent communicant I AM GLAD you have moved to a parish with a daily Eucharist and I hope it is well attended. It seems to me that there is so much that such parishes can offer [...]

Andrew Cousland offers some patristic reflections on the use of scripture WHILE IT HAS BEEN reported in more than one recent article in New Directions that the use of Holy Scripture has been undermined or under attack from liberal opponents [...]

A Church Opposed: Part 2 (Rev. 13:1–14:5) ‘KNOW YOUR ENEMY’ is a good adage, and here John gives Christians an important insight into the enemy they face. The imagery of vv 1-2 is startling, yet OT readers will recognize the [...]

Antipodean Futures READERS OF "The Panther and the Hind", Aidan Nicholls' outline history of the Church of England, will be familiar with the notion of Anglicanism as a political coalition of at least three different religions which is now rapidly [...]

Small Change from Lambeth by David Mills LAMBETH HAVING ENDED when it did, almost everyone went on vacation afterward and thus very little has happened since. Which, in general, is good news. The readings of Lambeth's effects on the Episcopal [...]

COOLING OFF Those who remember the great Stow Maries' saga of two years ago may be surprised by the latest news from that outpost of the Chelmsford empire. The Revd. Derek Cooling and his wife the Revd. Margaret Cooling were [...]

A COMMITTEE set up by the House of Bishops of the Church of England under the chairmanship of the Bishop of Blackburn is at present undertaking a review of the Act of Synod. This is a singular event. Never before [...]