.. If we go to church enough, if we lead a godly and spiritual life, if we think of others as much or more than ourselves ... we will be blessed. Sadly, this kind of formulaic thinking is not accurate.

... partnerships and marriage especially seem to be the design for human beings.

.. Vicars come and Vicars go but the life of the church goes on and you are those who are Baptised and are called by God to carry his mission in this place. ...

.. the divisive and damaging effects on all communities of nationalism and the suspicious attitude to migrants.

.. Jesus didn’t focus on judgement as the vengeance of God, with all the divisions that such an emphasis brings.

Disagreements about the gender of our Priests and the ethics of same sex relationships are making it hard to see how Anglicans will hold together in the future. ...

.. Jesus says family is not about biology but about faithfulness.

‘A formula for Christmas Day’

.. Enoch Powell made his now infamous and deeply racist speech predicting a race war that would lead to rivers of blood.

Every place now is holy, and has potential to become significant; every person might be holy, having the potential to become a God-bearer. ...