News


Special Ones

Last Updated: 14th March 2017

A month after Valentines Day, Clare Spooner reflects on another special status.


Come follow Christ in the footsteps of St Chad

Last Updated: 28th February 2017

In the March Bishop's Blog, the 99th Bishop of Lichfield reflects on the life of the first.


Countdown to Vocations Sunday - 1

Last Updated: 30th April 2017

Everyone is called.


Pathways, Songlines and Footsteps

Last Updated: 6th April 2017

What links Aboriginal dreams and a Mercian missionary?


Foundations from failure

Last Updated: 1st July 2017

Bishop Mark, Homer Simpson, and Churchill on failure.


Bishop's Blog - January 2017

Last Updated: 3rd January 2017

Following a year that seemed to despise facts and experts, Bishop Clive considers what is truth and whether Jesus' choice to reveal the truth about God and his Kingdom through personal testimony and story-telling is a better route to finding truth.


Bishop's Blog - December 2016

Last Updated: 6th December 2016

Rousing responses to good news is music to the Bishop of Lichfield's ears.


Be Mine, Valentine

Last Updated: 1st February 2017

In the Bishop's Pastoral letter for February, Bishop Mark toasts the birds and the martyr.


Remembering what exactly?

Last Updated: 8th November 2016

Remembrancetide - misplaced pride, glorifying war and jingoism? Revd Vic Van den Bergh argues for respect, remembrance and resolve.


Bishop's Blog - November 2016

Last Updated: 8th September 2021

November is the month for REMEMBERING - and this is very much reflected in the life of our Church.


Following Christ in the footsteps of....Martin Luther King Jr

Last Updated: 18th October 2017

Lindsey Hall reflects on the life of an American icon during Black History Month.


Bishop's Blog - October 2016

Last Updated: 8th September 2021

Blue Peter and vanishing islands: in Creationtide, we delight afresh at the bounty of God's creation and commit to being good stewards of it. Yet, as I witnessed in the Solomon Islands, we need to act now because our inaction is costing livelihoods and lives. Christian Aid's resources and its 'Big Switch' campaign show how we can make a difference.


Bishop's Blog - September 2016

Last Updated: 31st August 2016

"First and foremost I am a child of God" - a vital reminder to all of us, and a note-to-self for the new Bishop of Lichfield

Powered by Church Edit