The Anxious Generation: a call for radical reform

The Anxious Generation Dozens of books are published every year now on the risks of technology and AI. I can only read a fraction and I have to confess I start more than I finish. But every so often I am gripped by a book I can’t put down and then want everyone to read. […]

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Who is my neighbour?

Less than two thirds of the population cast their vote in the last General Election in 2010.  Less than half of under 25’s turned out to vote.  People feel detached from politics. Our society needs fresh vision.  We face different threats…
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Leading God’s People

It’s not often I read a book and then go straight back to the beginning and start again. I have a small number of contemporary books on leadership which (I think) should be on every minister’s shelf.  Leading God’s People has gone straight…

The Good Samaritan and Climate Change

How should a Christian think and speak about climate change? Climate change is a present reality not a future threat.  It’s a present reality for millions of the poorest people in the world who are affected today by rising sea levels,…

Leading Well: a new beginning

We begin a new course in the Diocese of Sheffield tomorrow called Leading Well.  It's a new three year rolling programme for incumbents across the Diocese.  The first cohort of around twenty are mainly in their first three years of their first…

Resourcing Ministerial Education Task Group

What is the remit for this task group? The way we encourage, prepare and form lay and ordained ministers is critical for the future mission of the Church of England. This Task Group was asked to look at the resourcing of that ministerial…

Developing Discipleship

A new conversation Developing Discipleship aims to renew and deepen a conversation about discipleship across the Church of England. The conversation will begin in General Synod when we meet in February.  I hope it will happen in local…

Sheffield Solidarity with Paris

Around four hundred people gathered in Barker's Pool in Sheffield this afternoon for a service of commemoration, remembrance and solidarity for those killed in the atrocities in Parish this week. This was nothing, of course, compared to the…

Sheffield solidarity with Paris

Around four hundred people gathered in Barker's Pool in Sheffield this afternoon for a service of commemoration, remembrance and solidarity for those killed in the atrocities in Parish this week. This was nothing, of course, compared to the…
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Prayers in Rotherham

This evening between 500 and 600 Christians from across Rotherham gathered in the Minster in the heart of the town to pray together.  It was a remarkable gathering. Nine days ago an independent report was published.  The report revealed…