Staring into the distance
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I am Director of Anglican Formation and Tutor in Worship at Trinity College in Bristol. Trinity College offers a wide and diverse range of ministry training. My responsibility is particularly for those students in the college who are training to be ordained into the Anglican Church. I also teach and research in the area of Christian worship, particularly on its relationship to mission. I have an active interest in the development of new forms of Church in planting congregations which related to contemporary forms of Western culture, which leads me to focus on Alternative Worship, Emerging Churches and Fresh Expressions of Church.
Paul
Jul 27 2014, 19:29
When I was young, it was the Cold War. If we were going to be annihilated, it would be by the press of a button by an anonymous authority figure in Moscow, or London, or Washington or Beijing. It was a structured kind of terror. We watched the media, controlled by governments and big business, […]
Paul
Jul 12 2014, 14:12
This month’s meeting of the General Synod is not so much about whether women will be allowed to become bishops in the immediate future, as whether the Synod in its current form has any credibility. In November 2012, the same basic question was before it. Prior to those sessions, all forty-four dioceses making up the […]
Paul
Apr 26 2014, 12:12
So the Crosscountry train in which I’m sitting is flying along the tracks, carrying me home. There’s time to gather random thoughts together. Every long distance trip teaches its own lessons, so what were mine? The first is that I was underestimating my level of fitness: the easy first day was probably wise, but, distance-wise, […]
Paul
Apr 25 2014, 20:41
I hadn’t advance-planned today’s route because I wanted to know how yesterday’s had gone before determining gradients vs busyness of roads. I decided to avoid taking the most direct route, which would have run right through Bradford and Leeds via some horribly busy roads. The only alternative was over some high ground. Leaving at 8.30am […]
Paul
Apr 24 2014, 21:31
Today started with the mist slowly being burnt off the hills of the White Peak by a surprisingly powerful sun for 8.30am. Starting back on the track bed of the Tissington Trail was a nice way of easing myself into the journey, as I wanted to conserve my strength and the railway gradients are wonderful. […]