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Published: 17th March 2022Parishes all over the country are seeing new houses being built. There is a role for all churches to play in these new developments. Here are some simple ideas to consider.
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Hope - from limping to 'springing eternal'?
Published: 9th March 2022As the humanitarian catastrophe in Europe unfolds before our eyes, signs of hope for more vulnerable people are more important to our emotional survival than ever. So here's one you may not have spotted yet.
What is 'biblical'
Published: 1st March 2022Hope and truth are our reference points says Bishop Michael as he battles to untwist an adjective in this month's Chad Blog.
A bit rich?
Published: 4th February 2022Bishop Clive on levelling up and filling the hungry with good things
Prayers heard: joy abounds
Published: 18th November 2021November is sometimes the month of the Church’s new year, as Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas day – this year that’s 28 November. It’s a time Dr Lindsey Hall finds always brings joy.
Time for TikTok?
Published: 5th November 2021Revd David Sims on his venture into the world of pithy social media
Following Christ in the Footsteps of the Saints
Published: 4th November 2021Join the St. Winefride’s Pilgrimage, a 70 mile journey from Holywell in Wales, to Shrewsbury between Easter and Pentecost next year.Â
The Gospel with a kick
Published: 21st October 2021Matthew Lefroy looks at how sport can be a vital tool of outreach among young people.
Three pictures making the bigger picture
Published: 20th October 2021People affected by dementia live through unchosen challenges. Within our Diocese of Lichfield dementia-friendly churches network, we are focusing this autumn on three pictures that help us to see the bigger picture, noticing God’s presence as dementia progresses.
A world transformed
Published: 30th September 2021Venturing out more, in recent weeks, has been a strange and rather unsettling experience. Like traversing a landscape that seems familiar but strangely altered. The world has changed in ways both subtle and significant.
Fragile – handle with care
Published: 31st August 2021September's Chad Blog comes from the Bishop of Stafford
Working with the biggest corporation in the world – the church
Published: 26th August 2021As August draws to a close and most return home from summer holidays, Revd Philip Swan brings out some souvenirs
Worship - at your local school
Published: 25th August 2021September is always the start of a new school year, and this one perhaps with more hopes than the last. Alex Wolvers, the diocese’s Mission in Schools Enabler certainly has...
Love actually
Published: 28th July 2021Bishop Sarah's thoughts for August's Chad Blog
Time-ly vocation?
Published: 5th July 2021Spoiler Alert! If you are intending to watch the recent BBC prison drama ‘Time’ on catch up then read no further, at least until you have watched it…
Re-engaging with children, families and young people post Covid.
Published: 24th June 2021Many churches responded swiftly when covid restrictions were introduced in March 2020, with children’s, family and youth ministry being at the heart of the response. Research from Allchurches Trust gives an interesting insight into how hundreds of churches fared with engaging with children and young people during lockdown.
Struggling to be holy
Published: 24th May 2021Bishop Sarah's thoughts for June's Chad Blog
Synods and saints – could it be you?
Published: 13th May 2021The parliament and councils of the Church of England are up for election this year - Julie Jones explains:
Wistfully longing for the old certainties of lockdown?
Published: 24th March 2021As we emerge blinking into the light of a post-Covid world, we need to be kind and generous to one another as we adjust to an uncertain future.
Travelling together, metaphor, and devotion
Published: 1st March 2021Pilgrimage is at its deepest a form of devotion. This holds true whether we are able to go on the traditional long walks together to do it, or not. ‘Pilgrimage of the mind’ is an equally ancient practice.
Disney, Joe and noticing
Published: 4th January 2021Seeing the world and life through a very different lens
A view from the pew?
Published: 11th December 2020In the first of an occasional series, John Bentley shares his experience of sudden partial sight loss and how it's affected his perception of the church
The Coming
Published: 2nd December 2020Bishop Michael’s Pastoral Letter for December 2020
The long and winding road
Published: 19th October 2020Bishop Clive peaks in his Pastoral Letter for November 2020?
A glorious noise and all that’s jazz…
Published: 19th October 2020Bishop-designate Matthew’s improvises in his Pastoral Letter for October 2020
Exploring Outdoor Worship - Forest Church Taster events
Published: 16th October 2020A lot of people are thinking about doing outdoor worship not just in response to Covid-19. For many there is also an increasing desire to connect with God in nature, both as an expression of their spirituality but also with an environmental focus.
Treasured Possession
Published: 13th July 2020Bishop Clive's pastoral letter for August 2020
I was glad…
Published: 9th July 2020Bishop Michael’s pastoral letter for July 2020
Paperchains - pandemic, prison - profession
Published: 12th June 2020The untold experience of pandemic Britain - and how you can bring it to light
Stay alert to God – love your neighbour – change the world
Published: 26th May 2020Without a bishop in Stafford, this month's Pastoral Letter comes from the Archdeacon of Stoke-upon-Trent
