Each year we are pleased to welcome a number of bishops to the College, usually when they have candidates for ordination in formation with us. In November it was our pleasure to have the Rt Revd Christine Hardman, Bishop of Newcastle, as our guest. For many years there has been a significant number of Diocese […]
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Nicolas CR reflects on developments in Zimbabwe
What a time it has been for those of us who love Zimbabwe. In just a few days Robert Mugabe and his wife have been removed from power, by the army, no less. It has all been done peacefully; Zimbabweans have reacted with almost universal joy. Mnangagwa has been instated as president. No one has […]
Auction Update!
Since the last newsletter there has been a large number of significant donations to the auction. Here is a small selection that will give a flavour of the many good things that will be on sale on June 23rd 2018: Georgian waistcoat – this beautiful family heirloom was worn by a 14 year old who […]
George’s Sponsored Bike-and-Bus ride
In 2018 I will be having a sabbatical in instalments, the first being a 3-week visit to Israel in February. As well as visiting Jerusalem, I plan to travel to Galilee and do a sponsored bike-ride right around the lake in one day (35 miles). The visit is a pilgrimage, to see some of the […]
Isaiah 64:1-9. Ps 80: 1-8m 18-20. 1 Cor 1:3-9. Mark 13: 24-end
Whether we read the Old or the New Testament, it’s so obviously the experience of the Jewish people, a very small, weak nation, tossed about among the kingdoms and empires of the ancient world. God doesn’t speak to us from thrones of kings or emperors, who placed their own statues on the altar of the […]
Zeph 1,7,12-18 1 Thess 5.1-11 Mt 25 14-30
The Bible readings today are all about Judgement Day, the last day when every human must give an account of how he or she has used God’s gifts in this life. All evil will be destroyed by Jesus when he comes in judgment on the Last Day. But traditionally that’s a theme I should leave […]
Wisd 6.12-16; 1 Thess 4.13-18; Matt 25.1-13
There is a new film I should much like to see. “Marjorie Prime” explores loss, grief and memory through the experience of 86 year old Marjorie. In the early stages of Altzheimer’s, Marjorie is given the support of a ‘Prime’ – a futuristic hologram recreation of her late husband – as her companion. From the […]