I, like many others, never met the Queen, but I, also like many others, feel that I knew her not…
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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…
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…
After World War II (WWII) was over, a party of church leaders from West Germany visited Moscow to begin a…
Last Monday, the day after 12th night, Jane and I packed away Christmas. We took down the cards. We dismantled…
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Tonight we have come together to hear again and celebrate a love story. Not a Mills and Boon kind of…
‘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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The newly appointed chief executive (CEO) of Black and Decker called a meeting of his management team. He had in…
If stones can speak, the stones around this harbour can tell us many stories. They could speak of the significant…
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Let me introduce you to Ruby, a guide dog puppy being trained by my wife, Jane. In time, and provided…
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere…
'Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed. Alleluia!' These words echo in many churches, in many congregations, in many…
People were attracted to Jesus like iron filings are attracted to a magnet. He was particularly popular with the ordinary…
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