Bishop's Blog
Easter 2021: Acts 10: 34 – 43; John 20: 1 – 18
Let’s be clear, first of all, what didn’t happen that first Easter Day. Jesus was not resuscitated. He wasn’t brought back to life to carry on as he had been […]
How was Christmas for me?
That’s the question I was asked to answer for a piece in the Saltash Team Ministry Newsletter. And if there’s one word I would choose to describe it, that word […]
February’s pause for thought…
Here’s a fun fact for you – well I think it’s quite fun anyway! If you go to the Book of Common Prayer, the Church of England’s old prayer book […]
How is it that we hear the call of God?
My sermon in Truro Cathedral on Sunday, January 17, 2021. 1 Sam. 3:1-10; Ps. 139-1-9; Rev. 5:1-10; Jn 1:43-end Speak, Lord, today for your servants are listening. We ask this […]
Why episcopal leadership should advocate & support pioneer ministry
In a blog for Pioneer Hive on the Church of England’s website, Bishop Philip writes about why episcopal leadership should advocate for and support pioneer ministry with insights into how […]
What will you take forward from this time?
How has lockdown been for you? For some of us it will have been the hardest of times, mourning the loss of someone we loved. While we can be thankful […]
Easter 2020 – Bishop Philip’s message
It is strange to be writing this Easter message in the midst of the coronavirus crisis. I just don’t know where we will be by the time you read this. […]
My sermon from Mothering Sunday, March 22, 2020
May I speak in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen At times of crisis we can tend to default to what is familiar […]
A sermon about St Piran and the cross – and hopefully not a lack of imagination!
Cross of St. Piran service 2020 Isaiah 53:1-6; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 In what some of you might consider a staggering lack of imagination, I thought that this year, at this […]
Safeguarding – if it’s God’s business, it’s all our business
Here is the text of a talk I gave at an event to celebrate the roles of our parish safeguarding co-ordinators. ‘God is our strength and refuge, our very present help in […]
