Father Jeffrey Steel has some interesting thoughts on the women bishops General Synod debate, and what it has to say about our approach to the Eucharist. In light of this element of Eucharistic catholicity, it is my understanding that the …

The Loss of Sacrality Read more »

In the piece below on Protestants and spirituality, Iconoclast brought up the example of chants and similar music evoking in themselves an engagement with God. I thought I’d share with us all the piece all that he had found particularly …

Gaudete!!! Read more »

The Internet Monk published a piece a few days ago which is worth thinking about: So….imagine that a Baptist (or other evangelical)- like my dear wife used to be, for example- were to decide that he or she wanted to …

Classical Spirituality Read more »

For a few weeks I’ve had a copy of the book to the right sat on my desk. it was sent to me as a review copy and I’ve been slowly going through it, a bit every day, time allowing. …

The Lambeth Listening Resource – A Review Read more »

Almighty God, by whose providence your servant John the Baptist       was wonderfully born, and sent to prepare the way of your Son our Saviour by the preaching of repentance: lead us to repent according to his preaching and, after his …

Birth of St John Baptist Read more »

I’m starting a process of putting some of my essays on Sexuality online for all to read and rip apart. They represent my aggregate thinking on sexuality over the past few years. The links are to pdf files of the …

Sexuality Essays Read more »