As the humanitarian catastrophe in Europe unfolds before our eyes, signs of hope for more vulnerable people are more important to our emotional survival than ever. So here's one you may not have spotted yet.
Hope and truth are our reference points says Bishop Michael as he battles to untwist an adjective in this month's Chad Blog.
Bishop Clive on levelling up and filling the hungry with good things
November is sometimes the month of the Church’s new year, as Advent starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas day – this year that’s 28 November. It’s a time Dr Lindsey Hall finds always brings joy.
Revd David Sims on his venture into the world of pithy social media
Join the St. Winefride’s Pilgrimage, a 70 mile journey from Holywell in Wales, to Shrewsbury between Easter and Pentecost next year.Â
Matthew Lefroy looks at how sport can be a vital tool of outreach among young people.
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.
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.
September's Chad Blog comes from the Bishop of Stafford
As August draws to a close and most return home from summer holidays, Revd Philip Swan brings out some souvenirs
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...
Bishop Sarah's thoughts for August's Chad Blog
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…
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.
Bishop Sarah's thoughts for June's Chad Blog
The parliament and councils of the Church of England are up for election this year - Julie Jones explains:
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.
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.
Seeing the world and life through a very different lens
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
Bishop Michael’s Pastoral Letter for December 2020
Bishop Clive peaks in his Pastoral Letter for November 2020?
Bishop-designate Matthew’s improvises in his Pastoral Letter for October 2020
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.
Bishop Clive's pastoral letter for August 2020
Bishop Michael’s pastoral letter for July 2020
The untold experience of pandemic Britain - and how you can bring it to light
Without a bishop in Stafford, this month's Pastoral Letter comes from the Archdeacon of Stoke-upon-Trent
Glimpses of a parallel world
