The Bishop of Hereford

"Those who love football will have been having a feast, with quarter-finals, semis and the final of the World Cup still to come. Others will already be longing for everything to return to normal!".
(posted 29 June 2010) Click here to read

Letter from the Bishop of Ludlow

"Now the election is over Britain is coming to terms with what it means to have a parliament where there is no over all majority. For this generation it is a new experience and we need to look back to 1974 to discover the last time this happened. ..." (posted 19 May 2010) Click here to read

The Bishop of Hereford

"No news is good news", or maybe, "Good news is no news". It can certainly seem like that at times. But why? Perhaps it is in part because good actions are normal, everyday occurrences. We are used to them. They are not, in that sense, "news".
(posted 21 April 2010) Click here to read

Letter from the Bishop of Ludlow

"In the summer of 1863 over three days in early July the small town of Gettysburg in southern Pennsylvania changed forever. History simply overtook it. What took place was the decisive battle of the American Civil War between the Confederate forces of the South and the Union army of the North. ..." (posted 20 March 2010) Click here to read

The Bishop of Hereford

The strawberry season and the taste of them seems a long way off! (Strawberries from overseas never seem to me to have quite the same flavour.) It is not just a longing for spring and summer that makes me mention this: it is also my thinking about prayer and Lent.
(posted 23 February 2010) Click here to read

The Bishop of Hereford

Pastoral Letter to the Congregations of the Diocese. Bishop Alistair and Archdeacon Malcolm join me in calling for this coming Ash Wednesday (17th February) to be a Day of Prayer across the whole Diocese
(posted 5 February 2010) Click here to read

Letter from the Bishop of Ludlow

"On New Years Eve in the afternoon I slipped on ice in a car park and broke my wrist. In a moment my plans and expectations for the coming weeks changed. Hopefully all will be well but in a small way it brought home to me the unpredictability and fragility of things. ..." (posted 29 January 2010) Click here

The Bishop of Hereford

"The shops may think that Christmas is over for another year, but we know better! Our Christmas celebrations continue and then merge into Epiphany, the celebration of the coming of the wise men. That journey was all about living out the consequences of the birth of Jesus."
(posted 5 January 2010)

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Letter from the Bishop of Ludlow

"There is a story of a church carol service where the misprinted first line of the carol read 'Away with the Manger.' ..." (posted 27 November 2009) Click here

The Bishop of Hereford

"Thomas Hood's dismal and pessimistic view of this month may not be ours, but perhaps it is in part because there is less to look at outside ourselves, that we focus especially during November at looking inwards and backwards, and remembering."
(posted 19 October 2009)

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Letter from the Bishop of Ludlow

"As I write we are in the midst of unpacking boxes..."
(posted 4 October 2009) Click here

The Bishop of Hereford

"The holidays are over and it is back to school and college for many. Perhaps you were able to go away, or may be you've had a holiday at home, or may be you still have a holiday to which to look forward."
(posted 30 August 2009)

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The Bishop of Hereford

"I thought that the best thing to do this month was to ask the new Bishop-elect of Ludlow, the Ven. Alistair Magowan to write something about himself, so that you could begin to "get to know him" and his family. So what follows comes from him"
(posted 28 July 2009)

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The Bishop of Hereford

"It is going to be immensely strange to have a diocese of Hereford without Michael and Rosemary Hooper in it! They are a wonderful pair of Christians, delightful human beings, and both have served God and this diocese unstintingly for forty-four years. That is quite a record and achievement!"
(posted 18 June 2009)

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The Bishop of Ludlow - June 2009

"13th June 1965 was a hugely significant day for me. I was ordained deacon in the church of God in Hereford Cathedral by Mark Hodson, the Bishop. During the retreat before the ordination the Bishop told me to go to Bridgnorth, serve my curacy and not worry about the next job because the Diocese would look after me. ..." (posted 26 May 2009)

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The Bishop of Hereford

"The Hay festival this month will be host to two archbishops: our own Archbishop Rowan, and also Archbishop Desmond Tutu. "
(posted 7 May 2009)

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The Bishop of Ludlow - April 2009

"As we come to the climax of Lent we remember again the last events of Jesus' life in Holy Week. With Jesus we ride again into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and receive the adulation of the crowd. ..." (posted 17 March 2009)

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The Bishop of Hereford

"Last month saw the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. This has attracted a good deal of media attention, not least in our area with his local connections. "
(posted 23 February 2009)

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The Bishop of Ludlow

"Carpe diem - Sieze the moment - Kairos - a moment of time.There are opportunities which may be taken or missed. They usually come quickly and we have the discernment to accept them and act or we miss the time and it is gone..." (posted 29 January 2009)

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The Bishop of Hereford

"A few months ago, I wrote about the importance of our Christian presence and witness at work, and the need for us to see that as a vital part of our ministry. One of the letters which I received afterwards urged me to stress the importance of Christians at work having support for their "ministry". I totally agree!"
(posted 30 December 2008)

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The Bishop of Hereford

"What shall I buy them for Christmas? That is the refrain in many households at this time of year - or maybe you have finished all your shopping already, in which case you are ahead of most of us. One of the groups that can be hardest to choose for are nephews, nieces and grandchildren, to say nothing of their parents!" Letter for December 2008
(posted 20 November 2008)

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The Bishop of Ludlow

It may seem strange to be making an appeal in Advent especially since recently there has been such turbulence in the world's financial markets. The 'credit crunch' means that we shall all suffer. However the poorest in the world will suffer most and this is a time when we can reach out to them with generosity....
(posted 12 October 2008)

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The Bishop of Hereford

Letter for October 2008
(posted 11 September 2008)

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The Bishop of Hereford

Letter to Clergy regarding the Lambeth Conference
(posted 20 August 2008)

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The Bishop of Ludlow

"Bishops and their spouses from 130 countries attended the Lambeth Conference. The most important outcome of such a conference is that so many people of different nationalities should come together to study, think, pray and discuss important issues, which affect the life of the Anglican Communion and its mission in the world..."
(posted 25 August 2008)

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The Bishop of Hereford

It is not every day that 600 bishops hold a demonstration in London! But that is what has just happened.
(posted 22 July 2008)

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The Bishop of Ludlow

"Time, quiet, space, place, sharing, listening, company of others, reflection. Affirmation of present ways and challenge of new and other ways."
(posted 17 June 2008)

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