Just as an older generation remember where they were when they heard news of President Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, so…
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Stogumber Music Festival – The Power of Song
This evening we celebrate church and community enjoying each other’s company, drawn together by the gift of music. Over these…
Easter Day 2017
'Alleluia! Christ is risen!' That great acclamation will be echoing around the world in countless languages as Christians celebrate the…
Easter Reflection 2017
Love Story I have recently been reading an anthology of love poems. The poems are intimate, tender, loving, passionate and…
Not about staying, but moving, together
Lambeth Conferences – the ten yearly gatherings of bishops from across the Anglican Communion – are places of fellowship and…
Ash Wednesday 2017
Reigniting Passion Not long after he began working for the Black and Decker, the new Chief Executive called a meeting of…
Brexit And President Trump Highlight A Deep Malaise In Democracy
These have been heady days for democracy. Last week, the British Prime Minister has indicated the path in which she…
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God for all People
Tonight, in Bethlehem in the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Nativity, which Christians revere as the birth-place of Jesus,…
Christmas Reflection 2016
How can we celebrate the birth of Christ in the middle of the humanitarian disaster tragically unfolding in Aleppo, Syria? …
Bossey – Glimmers of Light in an Ecumenical Winter
In recent weeks the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis were celebrating in Rome a relationship that was initiated by…
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Reconciliation, St. Francis and Creation
Looking around us today the world appears to be in turmoil. There continue to be struggles with hunger in various…
Brexit – Now is not the time for Reconciliation
The die is cast. The United Kingdom will be negotiating its way out of the EU – though, with Scotland…
Pentecost Reflection – Breaking through Walls and Barriers
I recently visited Berlin for the first time and was struck by the fact that the Berlin Wall, which divided…
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Can the Communion stay together?
Will the Anglican Communion survive? How will the views and actions emanating from a part of the Communion, regarded as…
Easter Reflection 2016
I have been fortunate to visit Israel and Palestine on a number of occasions. In a conversation with a senior…
Bishop Brian Castle 