Victoria Park Road at 05.45 Today was a long travelling day, starting before six, and ending about seven this evening. It was also one of the busiest travelling days I can remember. Eurostar was completely full at eight o'clock. Taking the Metro to Paris Montparnasse it was absolutely rammed, very largely with families and couples …
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Camino Stage 5: Day 1 – Southwell to London
Every adventurous journey starts with steps away from the known and familiar until you find that you have reached a point where the landscapes, both external and internal, have shifted, and the territory is new. Today was such a slow, familiar beginning - a drive to Newark and a train to London. A tube and …
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Back on my ‘little road’.
Boots ready for the road - with new laces. "The winter is past, the flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtle dove is heard in our land."Song of Solomon 2:11-12 I left the Camino last September feeling distinctly crestfallen. I had been stopped in my …
Why the Archbishop of York should not be coming to Southwell
On Sunday there will be a Diocesan Confirmation for twenty-three candidates at Southwell Minster. This is a very significant occasion in their Christian journey, and I will be praying for them. The service will be taken by clergy including the Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell.Normally, I would be in the congregation for this service. But …
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Iwerne: The Anglican Trojan Horse
This blog post was originally published in via media.news on 15th November 2024. Via Media News is an Anglican news site whose strapline is Rediscovering the Middle Ground. My post was written in response to the publication of the Makin Report on the serial abuser, John Smyth, who died in 2018. His activities were never …
Who do we think we are? Ecclesiology in a Time of Decline
This is a blog post first published on the website of Sarum College, an academic and training community in Salisbury, who are giving me invaluable support as I work on my PhD thesis. The Museum of the Moon in Southwell Minster When I was four months old, I was baptised in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. …
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