TeamTalk

Jonathan reflects on a visit to St Mark’s, Gabalfa in Cardiff, his curacy church, thirteen years after leaving, and writes on hiraeth, pilgrimage, and the road we are walking together as a Team. The Venerable Derek Chedzey writes on anniversaries and what Scripture says about the attitude of heart behind our festivals, and Paul Roberts…

This month’s TeamTalk opens with Jonathan’s letter on thin places, the moments and seasons where heaven and earth feel close together, and welcomes Paul Roberts, licensed as Team Vicar at All Saints on 3rd September. The Dean of Hereford, Sarah Brown, writes on being yourself and on why the Church should hold on to proper…

This month: Jonathan writes about the abundance of high summer and the quiet call of Ordinary Time, drawing on Thomas Traherne. Paul Roberts is welcomed as the new Team Vicar Designate, to be licensed at All Saints on 3rd September. The Rev’d Jane Plackett-Ferguson shares thoughts on friendship and community. The “Becoming” series continues with…

This month: June’s TeamTalk opens with Jonathan’s letter “Belonging,” using Trinity Sunday to reflect on what makes a parish a parish, alongside Archdeacon Derek Chedzey on difference and Part 4 of the “Becoming” series on why growth needs other people. The Reverend Christine Cattanach was licensed as Assistant Curate on 1st June, with welcomes across…

This month: June’s TeamTalk opens with Jonathan’s letter “Belonging,” using Trinity Sunday to reflect on what makes a parish a parish, alongside Archdeacon Derek Chedzey on difference and Part 4 of the “Becoming” series on why growth needs other people. The Reverend Christine Cattanach was licensed as Assistant Curate on 1st June, with welcomes across…

This month: The Easter issue centres on Jonathan’s letter about Mary Magdalene mistaking the risen Christ for the gardener, alongside the Dean’s reflection on 1,350 years of the diocese, Jonathan’s poem The Long Field with its companion piece on hope deferred, part two of the Becoming series on habits and liturgy, Jean Thomson’s research into the Harris family memorial…

This month: Jonathan writes on Lent as an invitation to bring our honest questions to God rather than rushing to answers, drawing on a conversation with a farmer about living with uncertainty. The Venerable Derek Chedzey, Archdeacon of Hereford, reflects on the Ukraine war and the Christian call to peacemaking. Jonathan continues the Becoming series…

This month: Jonathan writes on hope as an anchor for the soul in uncertain times, and introduces Dust and Glory, a Lent journey shared across the whole Team, beginning with an Ash Wednesday service at Holy Trinity on 18 February and continuing on three further Wednesday evenings. The Reverend Jane Plackett-Ferguson, Chaplain to the Bishop…

This month: Chris Webb reflects on attentiveness, in music lessons and in prayer, drawing on R.S. Thomas’s poem The Bright Field. The Very Revd Sarah Brown, Dean of Hereford, writes on why Christmas only makes sense once we admit how much we need a Saviour. Jonathan contributes two reflections: New Beginnings and Honest Hopes, on…