I’ve had a comment piece published on the Guardian’s Comment is Free blog, examining what the Parochial Fees Order means for the future of the Church of England. A taster: On Saturday the General Synod of the Church of England will … Continue reading
Apparently the Holy Family, while on posada (noun? verb? gerund-participle?) in Ministry Division, Church House, Westminster, fell among thieves and bad, bad, men. [Click to see!]
A year after it was published, If You Meet George Herbert on the Road, Kill Him has now been reprinted— twice. The cover is slightly redesigned, with a generous blurb on the back from the Bishop of Buckingham, for which I … Continue reading
There is no doubt that what the evidence urges upon us is a reform of the ministerial structure and of the pastoral machinery of the Church… Though the difficulties stare us in the face, the alternatives are chilling— to do … Continue reading
I have been invited to be the keynote speaker for the biennial clergy conference for the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, by their diocesan, Bishop Michael B. Curry. I will be speaking to the clergy of the diocese, in Winston-Salem, … Continue reading
Last week I spent some time in that little piece of heaven on earth gifted to us by William Gladstone, St Deiniol’s Library in Hawarden, North Wales. I was there to read, mooch, drink beer and tell jokes with friends, … Continue reading
It’s amazing how many different and varied ways Christians have found to monetize their faith, flogging bits and pieces necessary to be a happy, fulfilled and righteous Christian to other unhappy, unfulfilled and slightly wealthier Christians. I am not talking … Continue reading
I will be at that little piece of heaven on earth, St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, this coming week, leading a course on Kill George. Details at the St Deiniol’s website. If you are in the UK and haven’t already discovered … Continue reading
… it appears that Kill George will be going in to reprint!
An interesting passage from the “Sage of Concord” about the whiphand of conformity, and how we have to “act nice”, even if we don’t “feel nice”: Meantime nature is not slow to equip us in the prison-uniform of the party … Continue reading