Wool gathering of a northern dean

In every cathedral and parish church, the year ends on a high note. Or rather, begins - for Advent marks the start of another liturgical cyc...

Here is a piece I wrote for Christmas, published today in the Durham Times and other local papers . -------- For many North East people, a ...

I left theological college more than 40 years ago. In my leaving interview, my tutor said: ‘Michael, it’s possible that one day you might be...

What do we make of the latest statistics about cathedral attendances? I've been a cathedral dean for half my ministry, and was a canon...

'Now is the time for the burning of the leaves' says Lawence Binyon of the late autumn. The trees are stripped bare. It can take you...

October feels like the start of the new year in the Cathedral. It’s true that the rhythm of Cathedral meetings is already a month old, the C...

The seasons of the year are like tides that ebb and flow. We experience them as peoples and societies, as churches, as local communities, ...