I find it slightly sobering to realise that it is almost forty years since I began training for ordination at Lincoln Theological College in September 1986. Though the college is

On Sunday evening I found myself watching a TV programme I have never seen before – The Great Pottery Throwdown.

It has now been just over two months since we moved into our new Diocesan Offices on Denmark Road, Gloucester. If you have not yet visited, I hope you will

When the King was crowned, he began the service by saying that he came, after the example of Jesus Christ, not to be served but to serve. His is a

Tomorrow I have a question in my name in the House of Lords, asking His Majesty’s Government ‘what assessment they have made of the impact of investment in early years

What kind of a New Year’s Eve person are you? Parties, fireworks and staying up late? Hitting the night spots of Gloucester and dancing the night away? Or an early night with a good book.

In recent days I have again been in a variety of settings with different people, including: meetings and conversations with diocesan colleagues and other bishops; time with clergy; a debate

Autumn has well and truly arrived.  The nights are getting colder, the clocks have changed, and the trees look spectacular.  It’s a season of quiet remembrance, the storing up of

Many readers will know that the Diocese of Gloucester is part of the West Midlands Regional Racial Justice Initiative – a bold collaboration between the Dioceses of Birmingham, Coventry, Hereford,