Love is enough
Published: 1st December 2024Young carers, a politician and a little fund-raising put a song in Bishop Sarah's heart at the start of Advent.
News
Food for the ears
Published: 26th November 2024The Lichfield Diocesan Digest Sound Magazine passes its thirty-five year anniversary this autumn. Founded in 1989 under the leadership of Dean of Lichfield, John Lang, former Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC, it is an audio publication dedicated to serving the Lichfield Diocese.
Stories of life told only after death – and we are the poorer for it
Published: 30th October 2024Who will you remember this All Souls Day or Remembrance Sunday and how will you remember them? Will you recall the life of a Saint and their extraordinary life of faith lived out as an ordinary mortal on All Saints’ Day?
Know our neighbour as ourselves
Published: 17th October 2024One of the most frequent questions I am asked is why we need a Black History Month, what does it mean for the church and our lives today?
How awesome is this place!
Published: 1st October 2024Bishop Matthew waxes lyrical over a government department.
Foundations of faith
Published: 20th September 2024In the Diocese of Lichfield, we have 206 Church of England schools. Could you help us by becoming a local governor in a school or an academy?
Volunteer!
Published: 1st August 2024Bishop Michael ponders the nature of the Church of England and the thousands who make it work in this diocese.
Much more than just a cuppa
Published: 22nd July 2024Places of Welcome are a network of hospitality, safe spaces in the local community where people can connect, belong and participate. Registration to the national network is free, but the coffee morning or drop-in should fulfil five criteria to join.
Working together to create safer spaces
Published: 18th June 2024In June's Chad Blog, our senior lead for Safeguarding, Neil Spiring shares some stories of how training in safeguarding has had practical positive results.
Pioneering Parishes – Creatively Connecting Church and Community
Published: 16th May 2024Maybe you have a great idea for how your parish church could connect more with its local community, but you don’t know how to make this vision a reality?
Hope and peace for the anxious generation
Published: 1st May 2024In a fretful, lonely and competitive digital world, your church, with all its grace and messiness, joys and frustrations, can be a place of hope and peace for the anxious generation.
Speak up and be counted
Published: 18th April 2024So often diocesan synods are perceived as boring, dry and bureaucratic. This should not be the case! Rather they should exist to serve the mission of the wider Church, to make strategic decisions, and to encourage the growth of mission and ministry in our diocese.
Location, location, location.
Published: 2nd April 2024After the furore of Holy Week, the joy of Easter Day many will have been out and about, avoiding pranks on 1 April, bank holiday Monday. Bishop Sarah gets away and stays connected
The Lenten Journey
Published: 15th March 2024Four weeks into Lent, Clare Whitney sees in the saints of old the roots of good Christian habits and principles for ministry resulting from them asking ‘What is it Lord, that you have called me to do?’
Giving Up
Published: 18th February 2024In the Chad Blog at the start of Lent, Jonathan Hill, Lichfield Diocese’s Director of Finance contemplates an alternative understanding of ‘giving up for Lent’
The banks that flourish
Published: 1st February 2024Bishop Matthew has indigestion as we approach the start of Lent
Pathways is Back!
Published: 15th January 2024Helen Scheven extols the virtue of our introductory course for thinking about vocation
Christmas greetings from our bishops
Published: 22nd December 2023Bishop Sarah, Matthew and Jonathan mull over themes of the season
Your free gift! A guilt-free January!
Published: 18th December 2023Bishop Jonathan's new year resolution to avoid advertiser-induced guilt and instead welcome Christ-inspired body-image.
Mark my words - all together
Published: 3rd December 2023On the first Sunday of Advent, Isaiah’s words rip through the air and his prophecy will continue to thunder around us Sunday by Sunday. In Mark’s Gospel, Jesus cries ‘Keep Awake!’ and we hear his passion for this world to flourish and for his followers to take their place on the side of hope.
As far as it depends on us
Published: 28th November 2023Angels and Putin are in Bishop Matthew's thoughts at the start of December.
Lichfield Diocesan Digest Sound Magazine
Published: 15th November 2023The Diocesan Digest was founded in 1989 and is the Sound Magazine for Lichfield Cathedral and the Diocese. Volunteers produce a full audio magazine every month which gives news and conversation for people who are blind and partially sighted, as well as anyone else who is interested.
Called to Serve?
Published: 20th September 2023Did you know that 15 million people alive today attended a Church of England school? Today a quarter of all primary schools are Church of England schools and approximately 1 million children currently attend a Church of England School.
Bishop leads on the Methodist connection
Published: 29th June 2023Generous passion for the gospel includes working in unity
Success & Failure
Published: 14th June 2023As exam season begins to recede in requests at prayer meetings and results play on many minds, one of our school chaplains considers how we can all act when tested.
Praying from the heart
Published: 3rd May 2023In the run up to Dementia Action Week, prayers are the solace many have contributed in our Share A Prayer Through Dementia Initiative.
Say what?
Published: 5th April 2023A bit of Bananarama theology to start a Monday morning...
Dust and Glory
Published: 1st April 2023Easter Day, a time for celebration - Easter eggs and bunnies? "Yes to all of that!" says Bishop Sarah - read why!
Prized Nature
Published: 10th March 2023Churchyards are very important places for those whose loved ones are buried there, but a survey of visitors to some churchyards in Sussex found that they are often visited by people who value their peace and beauty. The Churchyard Award Scheme has been running for over 30 years. It’s run by volunteers to celebrate the work of volunteers in maintaining and developing churchyards and church gardens across the diocese of Lichfield.
Send more pauses
Published: 1st March 2023Emails, debate and Lent
