Who said that they could not possibly think about Mindfulness because their mind was full enough anyway? Life is fast moving, and we need (we are told) the right and
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Blog: ‘Small news that should be bigger?’
It was one brief headline on the BBC news, just an end piece. It said something about the developer of the MRI scan having died. I’ve never had an MRI
‘To Do’ List
Another day is over and the ‘To Do List’ is woefully incomplete. This is my reality and I imagine it would be the same for many. Why is it that
The Power of Words
“We should not underestimate the power of words to set free or to bind, to unite or divide, to reveal truth or obscure truth” At the beginning of January, the
How can digital technology be more … humanish?
Sam, our new communications officer, talks about our website developments: Although my background’s more concept graphics than web design, I find web accessibility really interesting because it’s all about how humans
On Keeping Penguins
I have no knowledge of penguins, let alone keeping one, and I’m never really quite sure which ‘arctic’ they come from. For me they had always been the stuff of
Heavy Snow
A couple of weeks ago the country heard alarming news: ‘The snow is on its way!’ Apocalyptic visions, whipped up by the mainstream media triggered a great panic, despite the
War, what is it good for?
The images of Aleppo are almost too painful to look at. How did Syria’s largest and once most prosperous city, a UNESCO world heritage site, end up like a version
Let us stand together
It cannot have escaped your notice during the last few months that Donald Trump is a figure that divides opinion. It cannot also have escaped your notice that we are
A new broom for 2017
As one year ends and another begins, many of us will spend moments contemplating the time that has past and that which is to come. Much of this shared over
God’s Child
I have two abiding images of this last week. One of the experience of my ordination as Bishop in Canterbury Cathedral, surrounded by the love and the prayers of so
Eternal Champions
I love football! Since the age of about 6 it has been my favourite sport, and has had the ability to occupy my attention for hours on end – playing,
A ship called dignity
For me, the last word on the extraordinary American election season was a tweet from Irish author Damien Owens. It has the now infamous image of Donald Trump at a
Credo
When it comes to matters around systems of belief, Prof Kwame Appiah, cultural theorist, in his Reith lectures argues that changing practices change belief overtime. His additional talks on Country and
Suffering
I thought I’d explain why God allows suffering in the world, knock that one on the head because, let’s face it, the question’s been rumbling on for a while now.
The Great British Bake Off – our mission field?
Watching contestants checking for soggy bottoms and sitting on the floor peering anxiously into ovens is not everyone’s idea of gripping television entertainment – but in our house it is.
Romantic Meetings
I’m retiring soon, so I’m in reflective mode. And I had a thought. How much of my life in business and the church have I spent in meetings? Weeks, months,
What impact does wildlife tourism have?
The drama around the gorilla that escaped from its enclosure at London Zoo left visitors shocked this week. And it is one of a number of recent close encounters with
What Libraries can do for Churches
In this season of conferences, I thought I would share a key message from a conference I went to last week. This was the triennial conference of the Cathedral Libraries
What if…?
It’s hard to imagine how much has changed for those living through the unrest in Syria. Not so long ago families went shopping, lived in houses with all mod-cons and
War, what is it good for?
The images of Aleppo are almost too painful to look at. How did Syria’s largest and once most prosperous city, a UNESCO world heritage site, end up like a version
Keeping church moving
One Sunday morning, at the 8 o’clock Eucharist, I stood before a bleary-eyed churchwarden who had stayed up until 5am watching the Olympics! And I was reminded of the words
God gets under my skin
We were tucking into our pasties next to a ridiculously Cornish-cream beach and blue-green sea when the conversation turned to tattoos. The Beloved fancies something discrete and pretty but hasn’t
‘Olympic-less-ness’
I heard this phrase on the radio this week and like many others I do feel the loss of watching this amazing sporting event on TV over the last nineteen
