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End food poverty now, Bishop John asks PM

First published on: 27th May 2014

End food poverty now, Bishop John asks PM. The Bishop of Oxford and 'End Hunger Fast' campaigner, the Revd Dr Keith Hebden, met the Prime Minister David Cameron this weekend to press for an end to food poverty.


Bishop John's Easter Day sermon

First published on: 16th April 2014

Bishop John's Easter Day sermon. ROLLING AWAY STONES It's always struck me as wonderfully ironic that the people who unlock the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem every morning are Muslims, a family who've proudly carried that responsibility for many decades.


Bishop John's Maundy Thursday sermon

First published on: 16th April 2014

Bishop John's Maundy Thursday sermon. THE SHAPE OF MINISTRY It's always interesting to see a film about the period when you were young.


Read Bishop John's Presidential address to Synod

First published on: 22nd March 2014

Read Bishop John's Presidential address to Synod. MARCH 2014 PRESIDENTIAL I like the story of a vet who married a taxidermist.


Bishop John's Christmas Day sermon

First published on: 24th December 2013

Bishop John's Christmas Day sermon. CHRISTMAS: THE ART OF TRANSLATION Question: how was God to translate his life and purpose into something we could understand?A translation company has recently launched a 'Think before you ink' campaign to highlight the risk of botched tattoos.


Nelson Mandela: Statement from Bishop John

First published on: 6th December 2013

Nelson Mandela: Statement from Bishop John. 'In the death of Nelson Mandela the world has lost one of its noblest figures.


Prayers for the Philippines

First published on: 12th November 2013

Prayers for the Philippines. Bishop John has called on people to remember the long-term suffering of the people in the Philippines in the aftermath of Hurricane Haiyan.


Bishop John welcomes 'meaningful milestone' for Real Easter Egg

First published on: 11th September 2013

THE Bishop of Oxford has welcomed a move by the UK's biggest supermarkets to stock a Fairtrade chocolate egg containing the Easter message.


Read Bishop John's Presidential address at Diocesan Synod

First published on: 17th June 2013

Read Bishop John's Presidential address at Diocesan Synod. Last Saturday I was taking the wedding of my nephew in Lymington.


Bishop John's Easter sermon

First published on: 31st March 2013

Bishop John's Easter sermon on the resurrection - God's understatement.

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