The Charter for Compassion initiated by theologian Karen Armstrong (sometime teacher at JAGS) Compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, with the Golden Rule calling us to treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves and to honour the inviolable sanctity of every human being with justice, equity […]
Dreaming of heaven Last night I dreamed I went to heaven. As I got to the gate I saw an angel checking a list and I ran up to him with joy. ‘All my life I’ve looked forward to this glorious moment,’ I said. ‘You’re very welcome,’ said the angel. ‘I need to tell you, […]
St Oswald Detail from a window in Newcastle Cathedral. This image was first published on Flickr. Original image by Fr Lawrence Lew, O. P.. Uploaded by Ibolya Horváth, published on 24 April 2017. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. August 5th is the feast day of St. […]
Imperfection There is a crack, a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in These are two lines from a poem and song called ‘Anthem’ by the Canadian poet, rockstar and Jewish scholar Leonard Cohen. Cohen draws on the Kabbala, an ancient Jewish mystical tradition known as the ‘Breaking of the Vessels’: In the […]
Lay Ministry The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4.11–13 A couple of months ago I bumped into someone from St Stephen’s when I was on […]
We take the safeguarding and care of children and vulnerable adults very seriously at St Stephen’s.
