September Teamtalk

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…

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: 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: 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: 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…