It was improvised and haphazard. Nothing was ready or prepared. It happened in the most unlikely of places. Nobody would…
Embracing the Other
Being able to relate to the other (that which, or the person who, is totally different from us) is vitally…
November: Month for Remembering
November is a month for remembering. On 1st November, All Saints’ Day, the Church remembers the past heroes of the faith. …
Walthamstow Hall School – 175th anniversary
It must have been very hard for those young girls all those years ago to wave goodbye to their parents…
Boundaries not Barriers
Lecture To Clergy Research Seminar 8th October, 2013 Introduction The title of my address is ‘Boundaries not Barriers’ and I…
Other yet Intimate: God’s Unique Relationship
Embracing the other is important for our political and social well-being as well as for our spiritual health. Yet too…
Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup. Thanks & Farewell to the Old: Welcome to the New.
As I was thinking about today's service, words from TS Eliot, the nation's favourite poet, came into mind: In the…
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Freedom, Liberation and Ordination
A few weeks ago was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King delivering his speech ‘I have a dream.’ The speech,…
Reaching out to the ‘Other’
Reconciliation is not possible unless there is an embracing of the ‘other’ - the other person, the other idea, the…
The Church: Community of Forgiven-ness
The Church is a community which is both forgiven and in the process of being forgiven and it is called…
Mary Magdalene and Love
To hear Maureen Greaves speak of forgiving the two men who murdered her husband Alan must be one of the…
Being Sorry: Is remorse necessary for forgiveness?
Is forgiveness dependent upon our being sorry and showing remorse? When we do say sorry, is it primarily for the…
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Psychology for Pastoral Contexts
Psychology for Pastoral Contexts written by Jessica Rose and published by SCM is a book worth reading for those interested in…
The ‘Art’ of Dying
As I write, there is a heated debate around the burial of Tamerlan Tsamaev, one of the men suspected of…
From a Lost Son to a Dying Daughter: The Challenge and Power of Forgiveness
The father in one of the most famous stories in the New Testament and the father in Northern Ireland whose…
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Bishop Brian Castle 