The Rector Writes - July 2019
There was once a university chaplain and all the students going up to university had to meet with him soon after arrival. Inevitably, at some point in that discussion, many of the students would come out with something like, "I don't actually believe in God...

The Rector Writes - June 2019
We are a society obsessed with the search for success. Each year dozens of new books and magazines and hundreds of seminars offer ideas, motivation, and techniques for gaining success and prosperity...

The Rector Writes - May 2019
If you were to be remembered for only one thing that you said what might it be? Benjamin Franklin was one of the brightest minds of eighteenth century America. He invented bifocal glasses...

The Rector Writes - April 2019
"He loves me." "He loves me not." Wondering whether someone loves you, is an awful position to be in...

Gambia Trip Report - February 2019
This year we left London Gatwick with a very busy schedule planned, excited to meet our shipment that had arrived at the port in Banjul a few weeks previously. Everything seemed to fall into place - all 15 of our cases and crates were waiting for us upon arrival and the sun was shining. The perfect start...

The Rector Writes - March 2019
By the time you read this, it is a fairly safe bet that whatever else may in the news, Brexit will be continuing to hog the headlines. As a consequence...

The Rector Writes - February 2019
It is there when you look at pretty much any magazine cover. Be this person, look like this "14 days to rock hard abs" - "15 minutes a day to a new, happier you". So, it is perhaps hardly surprising the number of people struggling with issues of identity: who am I...