02/12/2021 - 12:16pm

Why is the Church so woke? Something has gone wrong when the clergy don't represent the flock

Giles Fraser

05.02

We’ll have to shut some empty churches To save its poorer parishes the C of E needs to slash its middle management

Giles Fraser

26.11

We don’t need more spreadsheet vicars If the Church of England is going to die, I wish it would prepare to do so with a bit more Christian dignity

Giles Fraser

07.10

Can the Church solve its paedophile problem? The responsibility for safeguarding has to be an independent matter, not left to the bishops

Giles Fraser

25.09

Why Covid can’t cancel Christmas There is much to be gained by knocking out of all the cheap commercial cheer

Giles Fraser

27.08

England will miss our Church when it’s gone Without the steadying influence of Anglicanism, our politics could descend again into extremism

Mary Harrington

06.08

The neoliberal revolution within the Church The ancient institution has been asset-stripped by an expanding bureaucracy of management-speak types

Giles Fraser

30.07

Church philistines have got high culture all wrong Whatever Sheffield Cathedral thinks, beautiful choral music is not elitist. It's how we approach the divine

Giles Fraser

09.07

How HR is strangling the Church of England Mission and credibility are being cramped by risk assessments and the fear of 'reputational risk'

Giles Fraser

02.07

The Church shouldn’t hide its sordid past If you pretend everything is perfect, there will be no grounds for redemption

Giles Fraser

23.04

Are we ready for the next coronation? As we approach the end of Her Majesty's reign, a moment of nervousness is not inappropriate

Giles Fraser

19.03

Coronavirus has locked my congregation out It is heartbreaking to celebrate Mass in an empty church

Giles Fraser