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GUEST BLOG: Rosie Deedes finds parallels between the current lockdown and her experience of prison life from her time as a chaplain, and explores w...
Hunkering Down during Lockdown
GUEST BLOG: Jon Grogan reflects on how he has adapted his expectations over the past few weeks to maintain a healthy perspective on life in lockdow...
The Beginnings of an Artist
GUEST BLOG: What are the makings of a professional artist? #BookOfTheMonth author Stuart Fisher tells his story.
Image © Stuart Fisher
I hadn...
The Role of the Parsonage in Community Life
GUEST BLOG: Anthony Jennings uses this enforced pause-for-thought to consider the role of the parsonage in Church and community life, especially du...
Seventy-Five Years On: The Durham Light Infantry and the Belsen Concentration Camp
GUEST BLOG: To mark the 75th anniversary of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp’s liberation, David Lowther retells the grisly story of what the B...
A Prayer about the Coronavirus
A prayer by Richard Noble in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Father God,
as people and nations of the world,
help us to realise our ...
Good Friday Sermon from Jenny Wilson
WATCH: Here is Jenny Wilson’s sermon broadcast from St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, on Good Friday.
Jenny Wilson is Canon Precentor of St Pe...
A Butterfly in the Pandemic
Lyn McCrave shares two poems responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Butterfly in the Pandemic
Today, a butterfly,
the first of the year,...
Faithful Shepherd, Feed Me
GUEST BLOG: Robert Beaken looks for ways for Christians to keep nourishing their souls in the twenty-first century.
One of my heroes is Bishop E...
A Prayer for a Time Such as This
A prayer by David Grieve seeking light in the darkness of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Be present to me, Lord God,
in dark hours of daylight.
...
Coronavirus and Jesus Healing the Blind Man
WATCH: This is the sermon that Jenny Wilson preached at St Peter’s Cathedral, Adelaide, on 22 March, just after it was announced that the cathedral...
How to Be a Hermit: Lockdown Lessons from St Cuthbert
St Cuthbert is, of course, the patron saint of self-isolators. He spent eight years on Inner Farne, a small island off the coast of Northumberland,...
April #BookOfTheMonth: Mostly Durham
Pay a visit to the beautiful historic city of Durham from the safety of your home with our April #BookOfTheMonth.
“Generations of painters have ...
A Prayer of Hope
A prayer by Ian Black seeking to find hope in the face of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
God of hope and consolation,
in times of anxiety,
may ...
Church and Revolution: A Sneak Preview
Here’s a cheeky peek at Church and Revolution to whet your appetite…
In 2001, I was on a train chartered to take anti-capitalist activists, of w...
Hope in the Face of Eco-Anxiety
GUEST BLOG: Frances Ward had found it increasingly difficult to come to terms with eco-anxiety. In this interview, she explains how writing Like Th...
Pastoral Care and the Coronavirus: What Can We Do?
GUEST BLOG: How can we help each other out during this global crisis? Rosie Deedes has worked as a chaplain in many difficult contexts and shares h...
A Prayer for the Fearful
A prayer by Graham Turner for us all as we struggle to deal with the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Lord of Life,
today we are a fearful and anxi...
Working beyond Barriers
Nicholas Henshall explores the role of cathedrals like his in helping the Church to work beyond barriers in today’s world.
Image: Chelmsford Cat...
The Beauty of the Hebrew Scriptures
GUEST BLOG: #BookOfTheMonth author Anthony Phillips delves into the riches of the Old Testament.
If I have learnt anything in my eighty-plus yea...