One year as vicar On 6 August 2023, I was licensed as vicar of the Riverside Parishes near Darlington. As the anniversary approaches, time for a bit of reflection.
‘Please send someone else’ None of us is called to be a Moses or an Isaiah or a Mary. But all of us are called to do things that take us out of our ‘comfort zone’.
Curacy announcement I’m delighted to announce that, on 30 June 2019 in Durham Cathedral, I am due to be ordained as a deacon to serve as curate in Spennymoor and Whitworth.
Postcard from Durham (3) As I begin my third and final year studying theology at Cranmer Hall (Durham), here is a quick update.
Postcard from Durham (2) As I begin my second year (of three) studying theology at Cranmer Hall (Durham), here is a quick update.
Postcard from Durham Just a quick update on where I am and what I’m doing. Exactly one month ago (3 October) I started as a CofE ordinand at Cranmer Hall in Durham.
A prospective ordinand’s travel journal My quest for a CofE theological college took me to Cranmer Hall (Durham), Oak Hill College (London), Ridley Hall (Cambridge) and Wycliffe Hall (Oxford).
Revving up Just a quick announcement to say that I’ve been given the green light to train for ordained ministry in the Church of England!
Twenty years of following Jesus It was twenty years ago today, but I remember it vividly. At that youth service, the preacher encouraged us to commit our lives to God, and I did so, out of a real sense of God drawing me to himself.
Disconnected? I’ve been trying to cut down on my usage of social media, and of the internet in general. This is what I’ve been trying…
Dupré: Variations sur un Noël Way back in 1999 (that's 14 years ago), I used to be not too bad on the organ. (I say "I", but all the atoms in my body have been replaced a couple of t...
Why would a Christian join the Green Party? Yesterday I joined the Green Party. I said a bit about my journey from political indifference to to political ... difference (?). Today I want to say a ...
I’ve joined the Green Party Apparently, "In 2005, only 1.3% of the [UK] electorate [44 million] was a member of one of the main political parties", with a few tens of thousands in...
Herschel Space Observatory PhD now submitted, I've just started a six-month contract working at Sussex on some software for the Herschel Space Observatory, which is due to be laun...
Recitals in May I'll be trying my hand at singing a couple of solo recitals this month, with James Lloyd Thomas accompanying me on the piano, and with a guest appearanc...
Nothing out of the ordinary It's official: today, Tuesday the 17th of October, 2006, is an "ordinary day much like any other of no particular national significance". Bloggers are ...