Bishop's Blog
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Presidential address to Truro Diocesan Synod, September 2019
Luke 8:43-48. “Now there was a woman who had been suffering from haemorrhages for twelve years; and though she had spent all she had on physicians, no one could cure her. She […]
The Spirit of One and All
I recently sat in a room at a meeting of the Cornwall Faith Forum. Alongside Roman Catholics, Quakers and Methodists there were representatives of the Muslim, Jewish and Hindu communities. […]
It’s about service, not just services…
Over my first few months as Bishop of Truro, I’ve spent many a weekday travelling around the diocese, deanery by deanery, from Penwith to Rame Head to Morwenstow, getting to […]
Addressing our diocesan synod
I want you to know I feel a great sense of privilege in making this my first Presidential Address to you, our Diocesan Synod. It is a huge privilege to […]
Our failure to act is costing the Earth
Parts of my maiden speech to General Synod have been reported in the media, so I thought some people might like to read the whole thing. Certainly, I was pleased […]
