Jesus bids us shine
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle by God’s grace in England as shall never be...
Search
Seasonal confusions
As servants of the message of hope, we are being asked to make autumn feel like spring. Andrew Read, Diocesan Director of Education &...
Be an angel
Yesterday, two angels began new ministries in the church of God. One angel (I can hardly believe I’m writing this), our very own Andrew...
Regathering the gathered
Last Saturday the Parochial Church Council (PCC) spent a happy and productive day together at Lucy Cavendish College. The day was made up...
Surprised by a stone
Today – as you perhaps know – is St Ninian’s Day. The primary sources for what we know of Ninian is Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica gentis...
Anger and Kindness
In these days when everybody hates everybody else, anyone who is not snarling at something – or everything – is an anachronism. That...
To live is to change
I have been blessed to work for some very good bishops in the dioceses of Lichfield, Coventry, and Oxford. My beloved Bishop (and friend)...
The heat is on
As this is a double edition of the eMag, I am writing my letter early — and I happen to be writing it on what is technically the last of...
Be kind to one another
Last Sunday I was worshipping in York Minster. The words of the Epistle, as always, struck at my heart: Be kind to one another,...
Running the Race
I was pinged on Sunday last — and thus began four days of hardship and suffering as I was forced into self-isolation. However, to...
Inclusion and change
Today's reflection is from the Associate Vicar, Rev'd Devin McLachlan "It's not inclusion if you invite people into a space you are...
Devin McLachlan
Ponder anew
In a PS at the end of last week's 'From the Vicar' I said that in the Hebrew Scriptures, the word for 'glory' derives from the Hebrew...
Devin McLachlan
Heavy stuff
Last September - which feels like a very long time ago indeed - Shirley was ordained priest and David deacon. This coming weekend, David...
Devin McLachlan
On the avoidance of spiritual bunions
I enjoyed sharing a piece from The Times with my ordained colleagues a couple of weeks ago. Titled 'Clergy were martyrs to medieval...
Refugee Week 2021
This week's reflection is written by our curate Andrew Day ‘God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble’ [Ps. 47.1]...
Devin McLachlan
Earthly Powers
Tomorrow is the beginning of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay in Cornwall. The UK Government's stated aim is to 'use the UK’s G7 Presidency to...
Get me to the church on time
This week's reflection is from the Associate Vicar My family was notoriously late for church. All the time. Notoriously, because my...
Devin McLachlan
... also the Holy Ghost, The Comforter
Scripture seems to assert that the Spirit is fire - 'flame of incandescent terror' if T. S. Eliot is to be believed. Moses and his...
Devin McLachlan
Zoom
Join me, if you would, in my liturgical TARDIS. The clock is set for exactly 500 years ago today. It’s Ascension Day 1521, and we find...
Devin McLachlan
Being Nuts
Human beings are a work-in-progress. There is no point at which we are ‘sorted’, finally formed and fully fledged. Physically,...