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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Digital Discipleship
/in Talks and addressesBishop Steven reflects on the concerns of young people on artificial intelligence, and the Church’s responsibility to be vigilant and human.
The Future of News in our changing world
/in House of LordsMy Lords I welcome this timely report and this debate. The themes of the report are ethics, truth, access and trust, all of which are of vital importance to the Lords Spiritual as I hope to all members of your Lordships House. My colleague the Bishop of Leeds was part of the Committee which produced […]
Treasure in clay jars – Synod address
/in Talks and addressesBishop Steven’s presidential address to Synod on 8 March 2025 celebrates the ‘cracks in our pots’ and the treasure in clay jars.
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.