Author Archives: 1urcher

It is with prayer and silence that difficult decisions need to be made. Silence creates space for healthy and holy listening. Perhaps that is what keeping a holy Lent can enable: space, in which attentive listening can begin.

I am inspired to blog because of a church member’s commitment to blog during Lent. His can be found at http://entheosbg.wordpress.com/. Lent is a time for taking stock. I will be taking stock over why I am so busy. lurcher

I am going to be local and just try to assess what might have been achieved in the Parish (Anglican) of St Michael and All Angels, Bartley Green in 2010. January saw our first ever ecumenical engagement during the Week … Continue reading →

I am – allegedly – writing a course on the Revelation to St John the Divine to be delivered in the summer at the Queen’s Foundation, Birmingham. I am not making much progress. One of the key texts I am … Continue reading →

Between my colleague and myself, when Christmas Eve arrives, we will have conducted eleven funerals in 10 days (less if you discount the intervening weekend). Each funeral was a tragedy, even when death was described as a release. I happen … Continue reading →

To those of my generation of a certain musical persuasion, the edge is, naturally, part of great rock band U2. To those who would share my gentle evangelical catholic spirituality, the edge embraces the place that Jesus of Nazareth seems … Continue reading →

I am a priest in the Church of England. I find I enjoy being a priest. I am not particularly interested in some of the current debates going on within the Church of England or wider Anglican Communion. This is … Continue reading →

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