I, like many others, never met the Queen, but I, also like many others, feel that I knew her not…
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At the Heart of Fragility is Life
It’s snowdrop season on Exmoor. As we will all have seen, scattered in clumps in our gardens, in hedgerows, in…
What is Today’s ‘Ecumenical’ Question?
Geneva houses the head-quarters of many international organisations. Among them is the headquarters of the World Council of Churches (WCC).…
Remembrance Sunday 2021
Walking through the grim, sad corridors of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, you come across the words, emblazoned on a…
Bossington Beach and Discipleship
https://videopress.com/v/lyZb8u6B?posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbishopbrian.files.wordpress.com%2F2021%2F01%2Fimg_8971.jpg&preloadContent=auto Exmoor, where I live, is a region peppered with moorland inhabited by red deer and Exmoor ponies, hills dotted…
Challenges of Forgiveness
After World War II (WWII) was over, a party of church leaders from West Germany visited Moscow to begin a…
With Christmas packed away, do we forget it until next December?
Last Monday, the day after 12th night, Jane and I packed away Christmas. We took down the cards. We dismantled…
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The Christmas Love Story
Tonight we have come together to hear again and celebrate a love story. Not a Mills and Boon kind of…
Remembrance Sunday 2019 – Patriotism is Not Enough
‘I wasn’t brave. I was lucky. I was just doing a job…’ These were the words of 94 year old…
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Where are Life’s Priorities?
The newly appointed chief executive (CEO) of Black and Decker called a meeting of his management team. He had in…
St. Peter’s on the Quay, Minehead: Refuge, Journeying & Salt-store
If stones can speak, the stones around this harbour can tell us many stories. They could speak of the significant…
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Pentecost 2019
Let me introduce you to Ruby, a guide dog puppy being trained by my wife, Jane. In time, and provided…
Grenfell, Carillion and Life’s Priorities
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere…
Easter Day 2018
'Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia!' These words echo in many churches, in many congregations, in many…
The Priorities of Jesus Christ and the Music of Faith
People were attracted to Jesus like iron filings are attracted to a magnet. He was particularly popular with the ordinary…
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Bishop Brian Castle 
