Talks and Addresses
Wisdom from above
Following the publication of Together in Love and Faith, Bishop Steven offers a commentary and reflections on the next stage of the Living in Love and Faith process.
Psalms through the centuries
Bishop Steven's speech at the launch event of the Psalms history commentary by the Revd Canon Professor Sue Gillingham.
A message of thanks
The four bishops wrote to all licensed clergy, LLMs and church officers in the diocese to thank them for responding so well in the days following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Science and Faith and the Lambeth Conference
Bishop Steven shares an overview of the key thread of Science and Faith at the Lambeth Conference held in Canterbury from 26th July to 7th August.
The earth is the Lord’s
Bishop Steven's address to Diocesan Synod in June 2022, calling on every household to respond to the climate crisis.
A world-shaking event
Bishop Steven's address to Diocesan Synod in March 2022, focusing on the atrocities in Ukraine and our call to be a more Christ-like Church.
Inequality
Questions of poverty and inequality are at the heart of our discipleship. Each of us will need to navigate the spiritual challenges, dangers and temptations of relative and sometimes actual wealth. As a church we have a calling to serve the poorest in our communities. As a whole church we have a responsibility to maintain and if we can to deepen the way in which our society lives out the call in the prophets and in the gospels to justice and a fairer society.
River of life: COP15 and COP26
The entire future of life on the earth may be determined by what is agreed, or not agreed, in the autumn of 2021.
Come and Eat
Bishop Steven Croft looks forward to the signs of hope in the next few months and shares a fresh invitation to come and eat.