I found myself at dusk on Ash Wednesday some three weeks ago driving through the Cotswolds on my way to preside at the Eucharist and to receive and to offerContinue reading
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Message from Bishop Rachel, 18 March 2025
Last Friday I was in the House of Lords participating in a Private Members’ bill requiring the Government to recognise Palestine as a sovereign and independent state.
Message from Bishop Robert, 11 March 2025
I do hope you will take some time to read in the Bulletin today the stories from two of our locally selected Ordained Local Ministers, Jackie Colburn and Clare Negreira.Continue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 4 March 2025
Last week, as I watched those extraordinary scenes of Trump, Vance and Zelensky in the Oval Office, I was struck by all the pointing. There was the physical pointing ofContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert, 25 February 2025
It is something of a truism to say that as a society our levels of anxiety are high, and it is often said, rightly, that we see it in ourContinue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 18 February 2025
During the meeting of the General Synod last week there was much mention made of power and trust. For me, this all highlights the primary importance of paying attention toContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert, 11 February 2025
Both Bishop Rachel and I find that one of the delights of our ministry is visiting parishes and communities, Sunday by Sunday and week by week, joining with communities, sometime large, often small, in worship and in service.
Message from Bishop Rachel, 3 February 2025
Bishop Rachel’s Presidential address to Diocesan Synod, February 2025
Message from Bishop Robert, 28 January 2025
Ivor Perl, a survivor of the Holocaust, was speaking on the radio last week of his experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz. He and his older brother survived whileContinue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 21 January 2025
Yesterday, in his inauguration speech, 78-year-old President Trump stated that the golden age of America was beginning.
Message from Bishop Robert, 14 January 2025
I was fortunate enough to spend two days at the beginning of January visiting the city of Dublin. It was my first time and yes, I did do a tourContinue reading
A message from Bishop Rachel, 7 January 2025
In these early days of January it has been wonderful hearing so many local stories of worship and welcome over Christmas. Hundreds and hundreds of people of all ages acrossContinue reading
A message from Bishop Robert, 17 December 2024
Thank you! These coming days will, I know, be ones filled with activity in our parishes and communities across the diocese as we welcome thousands into our churches to celebrate Christmas with us.
Message from Bishop Robert, 26 November 2024
Yesterday, Monday, was ‘White Ribbon Day’, a day linked to the 16 days of activism against gender violence. White Ribbon’s focus is on addressing violence by men against women and girls.
An updated message from Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert on the Makin review, 12 November
Following the news that the Archbishop of Canterbury has today offered his resignation, Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert have updated the message they shared on 11 November.
Independent review into Church’s handling of Smyth case published
A message from Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert regarding John Smyth, 11 November 2024
Is employment the key to breaking the cycle of reoffending?
This week Bishop Rachel’s message comes from her prisons event in the House of Lords.
Message from Bishop Rachel and Bishop Robert, 29 October 2024
In the coming weeks there will be much debate and discussion on assisted suicide as Parliament prepares to debate proposals to legalise this in the UK. We very much recogniseContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert, 22 October 2024
I have written before of that moving moment in the confirmation service when the candidate declares their name, a man, a woman, a child, made in the image of God.Continue reading
Message from Bishop Robert, 15 October
I had the immense privilege last weekend of visiting our link Diocese in Western Tanganyika. Just over two hours flight inland from Dar es Salam, the capital of Tanzania, theContinue reading
Message from Bishop Rachel, 8 October 2024
As we pause to acknowledge that yesterday was exactly one year since the horrendous terrorist attacks on Israel by Hamas and all that has continued to unfold since then, IContinue reading
Message from Bishop Robert, 1 October 2024
Flip flops, lollipops and LIFE Together You may have read elsewhere of my recent ‘Night on the Town’ with the Cheltenham Street Pastors. To be honest I was a littleContinue reading