About me

I am a priest in the Church of England recently retired from full-time stipendiary ministry.

This blog reflects some of my thoughts, reflections and experiences in my daily life; and is a place online for information on the issues I care about. You will also find some of my sermons , speeches and other written material.

Whilst in full-time ministry I have served as Rector of Wokingham (All Saints) in Berkshire, Area Dean of Sonning Deanery (the deanery which includes Wokingham); chaplain to industry and commerce in the town of Harlow, Essex, England; and as a university/college chaplain to the Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough College of Art and Loughborough FE College in Leicestershire, England.

I grew up in the town of Pudsey near Leeds in Yorkshire, England. I went to school at Bradford Grammar School and took a degree in Geography at Cambridge University as a member of Fitzwilliam College.

Prior to training for the priesthood I worked in a rural secondary school in central Kenya for two years as a form teacher and teaching English, literature in English, geography and religious education.

My theological education was at Nottingham University where I received a Masters in Social and Pastoral Theology and was trained for ordination into the Church of England as a member of St John’s College, Nottingham.

I have a City & Guilds qualification in adult and further education.

I have been active a work consultant for the Diocese of Oxford, providing one-to-one consultancy for a small number of clergy colleagues to assist their personal and professional development in their particular roles.

I was one of the mediators appointed by the Diocese of Oxford to act when conciliation/mediation is required between clergy in situations of conflicted working relationships.

I’m married to Lorraine. We have a son and two daughters all now living and working in other parts of the country. We have four grandsons.