For a couple of months now, I've been trying to work out how I want to move forward with this blog. I set it up during my first week of parish life and I am at a place where I would like to post more. I enjoy writing about ministry and it seems to go [...]
In curacy, we are allowed to spend some time each year out of our normal routines, experiencing ministry in a different context. After some thought, I decided that I would love to do a placement with the Spiritual Care Team at Alder Hey children's hospital. I've done a couple of hospital chaplaincy placements before and [...]
I can hardly believe that it is a year to the day that I became a priest. I feel like lighting a candle and singing! 365 days since I knelt in Liverpool Cathedral with many friendly hands on my head, back and shoulders and even more prayers being offered from family, friends, parishoners and colleagues [...]
In September 2019, nearly 4 years after the finale was broadcast on Christmas day, nearly 10 years after it first came to our screens, Downton Abbey will be back. I love Downton. as a student, I saved up and collected all the DVDs. I am delighted that they are making a film! But I am [...]
