What do apples, cider, a robin, toast dipped in cider, a pan and spoon have to do with wassailing? I’ll…
Christmas Reflection 2024
The Song of Songs (also known as the Song of Solomon) is a beautiful and intriguing collection of love poems…
Assisted Dying – Letter to MP November 2024
Rachel GilmourMP for Tiverton and Minehead Dear Rachel, Terminally Ill Adults Bill (End of Life) I live in Wootton Courtenay…
From the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the death of Princess Diana
If we were in this church 600 years ago today, we would be swept up in the great celebrations of…
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The Natural World and the Song of Songs
The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like…
Trinity, Faith and General Election
During last week when Members of Parliament were sharpening their arguments and daggers for the coming election, there was a…
Motherhood and the Solidarity of Suffering
Mother Maria Skobtsova was a Russian Orthodox nun who lived in the first half of the twentieth century. But she…
Christmas Reflection 2023
Mother of four, Um Bishara, went to her local church to see the nativity scene. She was taken aback by…
Remembrance Sunday 2023
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. We remember their valour, their…
Where is the Moral Authority in a Political System dominated by Wealth?
I recently watched President Zelenskyy of Ukraine addressing the British Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall. His courage, eloquence and…
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Christmas Reflection 2022
In 1566 Flemish artist Pieter Breugel painted a remarkable picture called ‘Census at Bethlehem.’ In his picture, Breugel transports the…
Love and Pain
This is the third of a series of blogs reflecting on my health challenges of some months ago. I am…
Escaping to the Country – the Counterurbanisation Cascade and the Rural Church.
For the last thirty years, there has been a steady migration from urban to rural areas. After the 1991 census,…
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Solidarity in Pain and Suffering
This is the second of a series of blogs reflecting on my health challenges which began some months ago. Like…
Life’s Unexpected Journeys
This is the first of a number of blogs reflecting on my health challenges which began some months ago. I…
Bishop Brian Castle 