In 1566 Flemish artist Pieter Breugel painted a remarkable picture called ‘Census at Bethlehem.’ In his picture, Breugel transports the…

In 1566 Flemish artist Pieter Breugel painted a remarkable picture called ‘Census at Bethlehem.’ In his picture, Breugel transports the…
This is the third of a series of blogs reflecting on my health challenges of some months ago. I am…
For the last thirty years, there has been a steady migration from urban to rural areas. After the 1991 census,…
Read More Escaping to the Country – the Counterurbanisation Cascade and the Rural Church.
This is the second of a series of blogs reflecting on my health challenges which began some months ago. Like…
This is the first of a number of blogs reflecting on my health challenges which began some months ago. I…
I, like many others, never met the Queen, but I, also like many others, feel that I knew her not…
Read More Queen Elizabeth II: Lessons on Life and Flourishing
It’s snowdrop season on Exmoor. As we will all have seen, scattered in clumps in our gardens, in hedgerows, in…
Geneva houses the head-quarters of many international organisations. Among them is the headquarters of the World Council of Churches (WCC).…
Walking through the grim, sad corridors of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, you come across the words, emblazoned on a…
I was listening to the radio on Sunday morning (15th August) with a heavy heart. Voices from Afghanistan were describing…
While the Church of England has been debating church growth and the aspiration to create ten thousand new Christian communities…
Welcome to Culbone church, dedicated to the popular Welsh saint Beuno. Able to seat around thirty, this is the smallest…
I was first drawn to Allerford to admire its remarkable packhorse bridge. In the many times that I have visited…
I love the Valley of the Rocks. It is majestic, with its cliffs confidently towering above the sea. At the…
There is much that evokes awe and wonder on Exmoor: fast-flowing rivers, soaring buzzards, ancient churches, starry skies, proud red…