Standing at a Crossroads – Safeguarding the Environment
As the Environment Bill is read in the House of Lords, Bishop Steven urges the government to set an example on climate change policy.
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Recharging the transport sector
/in House of LordsBishop Steven addressed the House of Lords on 16 October as part of a debate on the Environment and Climate Change Committee report EV strategy: rapid recharge needed. My Lords I warmly welcome this debate, as a member of the Environment and Climate Change (ECC) Committee which produced the report. I pay tribute to Baroness […]
How to pray for the General Election
/in Talks and addressesWith the UK General Election on the horizon, Bishop Steven urged Diocesan Synod to pray for the nation.
EV strategy stuck in the slow lane
/in House of LordsThe Lord Bishop of Oxford is part of a committee which has called on the Government to recharge its EV strategy, in a report on the UK’s transition to electric vehicles.
Safeguarding Sunday service
/in SermonsOver 200 people came together in our cathedral church on Sunday 19 November to give thanks for the work of our Parish Safeguarding Officers and all those who serve with them, to pray for the safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults across the churches and chaplaincies of our diocese and to commit ourselves afresh to this ministry which we share.
Existential risk in this and future decades
/in House of LordsSo great are the challenges we face, that this and any government will need deeper humility combined with greater practical wisdom to lead the nation forward. I focus my remarks on my own two areas of focus in this House: the climate and artificial intelligence – both areas of existential risk in this and future decades.
Rooted in God the Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
/in ArticlesThe future of humankind is not unlimited enhancement, mechanisation and automation says Bishop Steven in his presidential address to Diocesan Synod. Artificial Intelligence has great potential but also carries significant jeopardy. Christians need to engage in an informed way as this technology develops for the sake of present and future generations, remembering that we have a distinctive understanding of human dignity and person hood and what it means to be human.
Think about all these things
/in SermonsA kingdom of healing and renewal in the natural world. A kingdom of justice as inequalities grow wider. A kingdom of peace in a world at war. A kingdom of welcome and a friend in need to the many who are in distress. Surely Charles is king for such a time as this.
The fifth horseman
/in Talks and addressesThe Bishop of Oxford speaks on the need for the Church not just to conserve but to restore the natural world intentionally in the years ahead.
Seven disciplines; eight qualities
/in Talks and addressesAs energy returns to our churches and the process of spiritual renewal continues, we must rebalance our common life towards seven disciplines of evangelism. But it is even more vital that we remain centred ourselves on the eight beautiful qualities; the Beatitudes, the best description there has ever been of what it means to be human and the most profound portrait of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.