Learning Again
Published: 1st July 2018Farewell Pastoral letter from Bishop Mark
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Farewell Pastoral letter from Bishop Mark
Does remembrance point us to a path of peace?
Team spirit and episcopal ambition
No wonder Jesus urged us to be like 'little children'!
Dr Lindsey Hall explores what true freedom means.
Who am I - priest, beacon, servant?
God doesn't have to be persuaded to be interested in us
We are all called. God has given each of us gifts to use for the life of the kingdom.
Any job can be a vocation, whether or not others think of it as something you are 'called' to do.
Often we have lots of vocations, things that we are called to be and do, and these change over time.
One of our Readers tells the story of her call to be a school teacher and a Reader
Spoken word and written flame
Sometimes responding to vocation means making changes
God's call is not always straightforward.
"... in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us. So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us... "
Seeing in unlikely places
Avoiding isolation is good for all of us.
Lindsey Hall reflects on the huge risk Mary took in saying 'yes' to God.
Bishop Mark's waxes lyrically on awesome pebbles and closed shells.
Authority of newspapers and ourselves
A personal perspective on the subject recently discussed at General Synod
Speaking out against 'a kind of blasphemy'
Luther, the Reformation, faith, politics and pilgrimage
A time to unwind and de-stigmatise
Bishop Michael reflects on a death well died.
A month after Valentines Day, Clare Spooner reflects on another special status.
In the March Bishop's Blog, the 99th Bishop of Lichfield reflects on the life of the first.
Everyone is called.
What links Aboriginal dreams and a Mercian missionary?
Bishop Mark, Homer Simpson, and Churchill on failure.