Following Christ in the Footsteps of the Saints
Join the St. Winefride’s Pilgrimage, a 70 mile journey from Holywell in Wales, to Shrewsbury between Easter and Pentecost next year.Â
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The Gospel with a kick
Matthew Lefroy looks at how sport can be a vital tool of outreach among young people.
Three pictures making the bigger picture
People affected by dementia live through unchosen challenges. Within our Diocese of Lichfield dementia-friendly churches network, we are focusing this autumn on three pictures that help us to see the bigger picture, noticing God’s presence as dementia progresses.
A world transformed
Venturing out more, in recent weeks, has been a strange and rather unsettling experience. Like traversing a landscape that seems familiar but strangely altered. The world has changed in ways both subtle and significant.
Fragile – handle with care
September's Chad Blog comes from the Bishop of Stafford
Working with the biggest corporation in the world – the church
As August draws to a close and most return home from summer holidays, Revd Philip Swan brings out some souvenirs
Worship - at your local school
September is always the start of a new school year, and this one perhaps with more hopes than the last. Alex Wolvers, the diocese’s Mission in Schools Enabler certainly has...
Love actually
Bishop Sarah's thoughts for August's Chad Blog
Time-ly vocation?
Spoiler Alert! If you are intending to watch the recent BBC prison drama ‘Time’ on catch up then read no further, at least until you have watched it…
Re-engaging with children, families and young people post Covid.
Many churches responded swiftly when covid restrictions were introduced in March 2020, with children’s, family and youth ministry being at the heart of the response. Research from Allchurches Trust gives an interesting insight into how hundreds of churches fared with engaging with children and young people during lockdown.
Struggling to be holy
Bishop Sarah's thoughts for June's Chad Blog
Synods and saints – could it be you?
The parliament and councils of the Church of England are up for election this year - Julie Jones explains:
Wistfully longing for the old certainties of lockdown?
As we emerge blinking into the light of a post-Covid world, we need to be kind and generous to one another as we adjust to an uncertain future.
Travelling together, metaphor, and devotion
Pilgrimage is at its deepest a form of devotion. This holds true whether we are able to go on the traditional long walks together to do it, or not. ‘Pilgrimage of the mind’ is an equally ancient practice.
Disney, Joe and noticing
Seeing the world and life through a very different lens
A view from the pew?
In the first of an occasional series, John Bentley shares his experience of sudden partial sight loss and how it's affected his perception of the church
The Coming
Bishop Michael’s Pastoral Letter for December 2020
The long and winding road
Bishop Clive peaks in his Pastoral Letter for November 2020?
A glorious noise and all that’s jazz…
Bishop-designate Matthew’s improvises in his Pastoral Letter for October 2020
Exploring Outdoor Worship - Forest Church Taster events
A lot of people are thinking about doing outdoor worship not just in response to Covid-19. For many there is also an increasing desire to connect with God in nature, both as an expression of their spirituality but also with an environmental focus.
Treasured Possession
Bishop Clive's pastoral letter for August 2020
I was glad…
Bishop Michael’s pastoral letter for July 2020
Paperchains - pandemic, prison - profession
The untold experience of pandemic Britain - and how you can bring it to light
Stay alert to God – love your neighbour – change the world
Without a bishop in Stafford, this month's Pastoral Letter comes from the Archdeacon of Stoke-upon-Trent
Alternative (doorstep) Realities
Glimpses of a parallel world
When two or three can’t gather in His name
This time of lockdown has the feeling of a Narnian season: it is always spring, but never Easter.
They Stayed Together
A remarkable display of ecumenical unity gives a germ of hope grounded in reality
Do the little things
March begins with two significant Saints' Days, people renowned for humility and kindness
Making whole-ness and the wilderness
During the vacancy for bishop of Stafford, archdeacons write some of the monthly bishops' pastoral letters
Star Qualities
Bishop Sarah’s Pastoral Letter for January 2020
