From the Vicar

In these days when everybody hates everybody else, anyone who is not snarling at something – or everything – is an anachronism. That...

I have been blessed to work for some very good bishops in the dioceses of Lichfield, Coventry, and Oxford. My beloved Bishop (and friend)...

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...

Last Sunday I was worshipping in York Minster. The words of the Epistle, as always, struck at my heart: Be kind to one another,...

In his speech to the House of Commons last week in the debate on overseas aid, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said: I know that a deep...

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...

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...

Alina Vorobyeva (clarinet) and Anastasia Matkovskaia (piano) stunned us with the quality of their music at a recital in Great St Mary's,...

Last September - which feels like a very long time ago indeed - Shirley was ordained priest and David deacon. This coming weekend, David...

I enjoyed sharing a piece from The Times with my ordained colleagues a couple of weeks ago. Titled 'Clergy were martyrs to medieval...

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]...

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...

This week's reflection is from the Associate Vicar My family was notoriously late for church. All the time. Notoriously, because my...

This Sunday is the feast of the personae - three of them to be precise. A persona is now typically defined as relating to an aspect of...

Scripture seems to assert that the Spirit is fire - 'flame of incandescent terror' if T. S. Eliot is to be believed. Moses and his...

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...

Human beings are a work-in-progress. There is no point at which we are ‘sorted’, finally formed and fully fledged. Physically,...

This week's reflection is from RevDevin, our Associate Vicar I debated posting about my vaccination status to Facebook and Twitter —...