From the Bishop’s desk

The New Year always neatly coincides with the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian Calendar. This feast celebrates how

Bishop John and all within the Diocese of Edinburgh wish you a happy Christmas and a joyful new year. Here

13th November 2022 Remembrance Sunday St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Micah 4.1-5; Revelation 21.1-7; Matthew 5.1-12 Diary entry for Sunday 31st

Address to the Edinburgh Diocesan Synod 27th October 2022 A few days after I returned from the Lambeth Conference I

Isaiah 52.7-12; Romans 12.1-12; Luke 5.1-11 ‘The Smoke that Thunders’, ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ – perhaps better known to us as the Victoria

St Mary’s Cathedral, during the period of our National Mourning Sunday 11 September 2022 Micah 4.1-15; Ephesians 3.14-21; John 6.35-40

My Dear Sisters and Brothers ‘There was evening, there was morning…’ a new day. May I offer my love and

Now that the 2022 Lambeth Conference is over, and Clare and I are back in Edinburgh, here are ten of

You can tell this conference is drawing to a close. Even my resolve to write every day has weakened, which

I don’t know whether I’ve mentioned that the weather has been very hot down here in Kent. Hot for me