Bishop's Blog

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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Together this Christmas

Whatever your views on politics, I’m sure you would agree that a divided society cannot be a happy society; and ours has been sadly divided in recent years. Indeed, politicians […]

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Creationtide All Age Sermon: Songs for Earth

Here is the Creationtide all-age sermon I gave at Truro Cathedral during the Songs for Earth service in November. I guess many of you have been to some kind of […]

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Presidential address to Truro Diocesan Synod, November 2019

Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which […]

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Trafalgar Sermon given at Madron 20 October, 2019

This is a copy of the Sermon given in Madron Church for the Trafalgar service. On 21 October, 1805 news of the battle of Trafalgar and Nelson’s death was first […]

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Safeguarding

Ensuring that children and young people as well as adults are kept safe whilst in our care is an integral part of our diocese life.