Opinionated Vicar

A great opportunity lies before us. It is the same opportunity that has presented itself to the Church in every decade for the last 100 year...

Schools inspectors will not be allowed to raid Sunday schools, Scouts' meetings or Christian summer camps, David Cameron has promised MP...

Once upon a time lots of people got very excited about Rob Bells 'Nooma' DVDs, at the time a new and clever way to communicate. They...

Westland helicopters is by far the biggest employer in Yeovil, over 3000 work there, plus hundreds at associated businesses in the area. Las...

"...We need set our reflection on discipleship at the heart of all we do. The call to grow the Church is a call to make disciples, w...

There was a story told (probably apocryphal) in seminary about how crusaders, as they were preparing for battle, would be baptized with thei...

If you've not heard Stephen Nolans recent 5 Live interview with Andy Hawthorne of the Message trust, then listen to it here . Brilliant....

“Every morning I get up and pray. Prayer is the best gift you can have.” I ask him whether his faith comes through in the documentary and he...

I'm enjoying, and being challenged by, Tim Chesters ' Unreached: Growing Churches in Working Class and Deprived Areas '. It...

"In the course of this month I’ve lost most of the use of my right hand because of a stroke, together with something akin to neuralgia...

"All our tasks certainly matter to God. on that, the Bible is startlingly clear: 'whatever you do', Paul writes, 'work at i...

It occurred to me during a talk I heard to day at ( ironically ) the Bishops Palace in Wells, that I do far too much moaning and not enoug...

Excellent snippet of the ABofC on God's guidance, and how you navigate your way when lots of people are trying to tell you what they t...

Following this afternoons debate on 'Intentional Evangelism' (which prompted some wag on Twitter to ask what 'Unintentional Evan...

"Pray we must, but prayer must never be an escape from reality. Prayer cannot preserve a man from the insistent cry of human need. It m...

Great post, downloadable talk, handout and slides at Mark Meynells blog . Had an 'I love the internet' moment as I found them.

The Church of England has just published a new discipleship resource , roughly 2 millennia after Jesus made discipleship the top priority fo...

Excellent and thought-provoking piece by Nigel Traynor , reflecting on Rowan Williams book 'Tokens of Trust', and what it means to b...

Last year we used an excellent course for Lent, ' Your SHAPE for God's Service ', designed to help people discern their own gift...

David Goodhew from the Centre for Church Growth research took us through some of the strands of research work currently going on. A few hea...