Canon Adrian DaffernOct 12 minCathedral ThinkingAll are Called It was great to be in Ely Cathedral on Sunday afternoon for David's deaconing. You don't need me to tell you what an aston...
Canon Adrian DaffernSep 232 minAll Are CalledThe ordinations this weekend of Shirley Holder (to the priesthood) and David Bagnall (to the diaconate) are occasions of great rejoicing ...
Canon Adrian DaffernAug 132 minSacred ShadeToday - August 13th – the Church of England remembers someone you may well not have heard of: Jeremy Taylor. Taylor (1613-67) was born in...
Canon Adrian DaffernJul 75 minPastoral letter:The Re-opening of Great Saint Mary's for Public WorshipDear Friends in Christ: 'I was glad when they said unto me: we will go into the House of the Lord' (Psalm 122) Last week it was announced...
Canon Adrian DaffernJul 22 minWorth the WaitI was expecting to be in Ely Cathedral this coming Saturday afternoon, sharing with the Bishop in the laying-on of hands as Shirley Holde...
Canon Adrian DaffernJun 252 minWhat's your background?'Adrian comes from a very humble background - born to a working-class family in Wolverhampton, Adrian attended state schools before winni...
Canon Adrian DaffernJun 182 minDivine DiscontentI am delighted that Great St Mary's is part of this year's Cambridge University Festival of Wellbeing. As with all such events (illegal r...
Canon Adrian DaffernJun 113 minDiscomfort, Anger, Tears - and FoolishnessDiscomfort, Anger, Tears - and Foolishness: may these be God's gifts to me, and to you, right now. God knows we need them.
Canon Adrian DaffernJun 42 minThe Lord IS the DanceIt is easy, on Trinity Sunday, to get tripped up by the ‘grammar’ – but our God is Majesty that cannot be parsed, but ought to be praised.
Canon Adrian DaffernMay 282 minAn Attitude of GratitudePentecost left the apostles reeling. The Gift of the Spirit, beyond easy description, was not beyond their capacity to receive. But it wa...
Canon Adrian DaffernMay 211 minPhysical-distancing and the Cosmic ChristThe Ascension is a distancing which calls for something new - for those who experience the pain of separation to trust in a different kind o
Canon Adrian DaffernMay 142 minLost and FoundWhen I wrote last week's letter, I already had in mind what I was going to write this week. I left a clue for the eagle-eyed in the last ...
Canon Adrian DaffernMay 72 minThe Strings are False'The strings, my Lord, are false'. How's your Shakespeare? Excellent, I am sure. But just in case it's a while since you spent much time w...
Canon Adrian DaffernApr 302 minThe New NormalThis phrase has emerged more than once of late, as politicians and others seek to help frame our expectations. Dominic Raab, in particula...
Canon Adrian DaffernApr 232 minSpiritual toolkits — from Rev'd DevinWe've been busy on social media. In the last 28 days we've reached 22,376 people on Facebook, including 15,733 people who have viewed our...
Canon Adrian DaffernApr 162 minAlleluia! Christ is Risen!Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Thank you for all the Easter greetings via email and cards, so amazingly thought...
Canon Adrian DaffernApr 72 minFrom the VicarYou may be entertained by the fact that I was once young enough to be the Church of England's youth representative at the Conference of E...
Canon Adrian DaffernApr 12 minThe Devil can be in the Digital A major pharmaceutical company is presently using the phrase 'Prescribe Kindness'. That's a good maxim for any time, but now more than ev...
Canon Adrian DaffernMar 262 minFrom the VicarMichaelhouse has ahagioscope.Sometimes these things are called squints. The idea was that, if you were having to observe the medieval equ...
Canon Adrian DaffernMar 193 minPastoral Letter (19 March)By now many of you will heard that the Church of England has suspended all public worship and called on churches to ‘face the challenge p...
