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While the physical buildings of Sarum College have been closed for some few weeks our life and work goes on. We are continuing to teach and support ministry students in their formation. The work of our postgraduate theological study through our MA offer also continues online rat

While the physical buildings of Sarum College have been closed for some few weeks our life and work goes on. We are continuing to teach and support ministry students in their formation. The work of our postgraduate theological study through our MA offer also conti

The forty days of Easter: 12th April (Easter Day) through 21st May (Ascension Day ) 2020 I don’t know about you but these early days of Covid 19 have been some of the busiest hours I can remember in recent years. Amidst the challenges of lockdown, working with

How much sleep do you need? Do you instinctively know when you wake whether you have had a restful night? Perhaps you Fitbit reveals your patterns of sleep ( REM, Light, Deep) ? And for those who us who wake in the middle of the night – what races through our minds? Do we

On Reading the Authorised Biography of John Habgood, Archbishop of York,1983 -1995. (David Wilbourne SPCK 2020) The wonderful thing about Sarum College Bookshop is the unexpected discovery or something that you just can't resist buying! This biography was one of those e

  Well three months later and I actually finished it - though some chapters were given more attention that others. A kind present from a friend following a bereavement this heavyweight acted as a kind of  self improving distraction for which in the end I

I wonder what kind of year that you have had? What do we bring into the coming days - our memories, our hopes, our frustrations and disappointments? The picture of the Quaker tapestry reflects the fragmentedness, richness and complexity of all of our lives. When we turn to t

‘It’s no fun getting older – just you wait’ was the challenge posed by a woman who in her 80s was embracing some slowing up and her need for help. She had spent four decades teaching children and now felt vulnerable and marginalised. ‘I feel invisible, overlooked an

Fiona Stewart-Darling, Multifaith Chaplaincy in the Workplace: How Chaplains Can Support Organizations and their Employees (London: Jessica Kingsley, 2017);   As we continue to debate the effects of secularism on the life of faith with, at least, statistical evidence to sugg