Alban Bites Blog
Hatfield’s Night Shelter: comfort + food brings joy
13th January 2020
This article first appeared in issue 2 of Alban Life (March 2019) – a quarterly printed magazine which is distributed to all parishes in the diocese. Click here to read more articles from the ‘Alban Bites’ blog. Hatfield’s Night Shelter is a remarkable story of community and business co-operation, of repurposing a building, of community… Read more »
Rebuilding Politics – one relationship at a time
9th December 2019
This article first appeared in issue 5 of Alban Life – a quarterly printed magazine which is distributed to all parishes in the diocese. Click here to read more articles from the ‘Alban Bites’ blog. Andy Flannagan’s album “Drowning in the Shallow” was described as “near-perfect” by Cross Rhythms, but he remains disappointingly imperfect –… Read more »
Welcome Wisdom
25th November 2019
This article first appeared in issue 1 of Alban Life (December 2018) – a quarterly printed magazine which is distributed to all parishes in the diocese. Click here to read more articles from the ‘Alban Bites’ blog. Two factors make successfully welcoming people to church more significant at Christmas. First, there are more people to… Read more »
Is localism the church’s answer to life after Brexit?
30th September 2019
This article first appeared in issue 2 of Alban Life (March 2019) – a quarterly printed magazine which is distributed to all parishes in the diocese. Click here to read more articles from the ‘Alban Bites’ blog. The Revd Lucy Dallas offers a longer view of what the church offers our fractured nation after Brexit…. Read more »
A Slow and Green Christmas won’t cost the Earth
26th September 2019
This article first appeared in issue 1 of Alban Life (December 2018) – a quarterly printed magazine which is distributed to all parishes in the diocese. Click here to read more articles from the ‘Alban Bites’ blog. Predictions point to the biggest consumer Christmas yet, and thoughtful people are beginning to question the spending, overproduction… Read more »
Pilgrimage
17th December 2018
This article first appeared in issue 1 of Alban Life (December 2018) – a quarterly printed magazine which is distributed to all parishes in the diocese. Click here to read more articles from the ‘Alban Bites’ blog. Earlier this year millions of TV viewers watched as seven well-known people embarked on what was billed as “a… Read more »