Guess what, y'all – the Hope and Anchor podcast starts again tomorrow! Check out some of the fab guests coming up this series.

Jet-lagged after my flight back to London yesterday but so glad to be back at the BBC this morning offering a Pause for Thought with the fab Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2. This week it’s snails, Charles Darwin, and my godson Brecon. Listen if you'd like: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Back on air this week talking with Zoe Ball on BBC Radio 2 – all about our bodies, God's body, and a ritual of freedom called "Friday Swim Club". Listen here if you'd like: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j…

Take a moment to listen to this really beautiful message from Dr. Krish Kandiah Dr Krish Kandiah OBE on BBC Radio 2 this morning - about friendship, refugees, and home. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

This morning's chat on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show with Zoe Ball – it's chatty charm and "What am I living for?". bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j…

The #MethodistConference starts in Leeds in a venue on a huge city centre square The Methodist Church. As we begin & belt out “And are we yet alive?” I can hear outside the laughter of children at a carnival. Together it all sounds like Church to me. Jesus, shake us up this week.

Thankful to God and proud of the The Methodist Church Church for joyously extending God For All and our commitment to growth, inclusion, evangelism, and justice! And thanks to Dave Walker for a brilliant cartoon!

Okay, good people of the United Kingdom, find your photo ID and get out there and vote! And to the good people of the United States, Happy Independence Day! #GeneralElection2024 #GeneralElection24 #FourthOfJuly #IndependenceDay2024 #TheSpecialRelationship

Iris waiting patiently but very excited about the 10:00pm exit poll! #DogsAtPollingStations #GeneralElection2024

Watch this it’s fascinating - I asked James Timpson what he’d do about prisons and sentencing if he was in charge. He believes only a third of prisoners in jail should definitely be there. He’s now in charge of prisons (but not sentencing).

Great to be on UCB News earlier this week talking to Vicky Gibbens about the The Methodist Church Church's #methodistconf commitments to change, grow, and build relationships with new people. #GodForAll #growth #inclusion #evangelism #justice #Jesus

"...Christian teaching isn't just static; it's always trying to learn from [its] last set of mistakes." —Rowan Williams YES. Humility is the essential orientation for growth & change. A crucial difference from growth strategies fuelled by superiority, competition & bombast.

Love it. A fab The Methodist Church team having conversations with folks at the Grand Prix. Find diverse Methodist teams and venues this year at RHS Show Tatton Park, Comicon, Sidmouth Folk Festival, Greenbelt, Pride, an amazing literature festival, and loads more local community events.

A great pioneering / chaplaincy post in Bath that my friend Karen, the amazing BathStudentChaplain, has helped start and grow. She's now preparing to hand over the baton to the next person. Could it be you? nesb-methodists.org.uk/vacancies.htm

Join us as Jonathan Dean is welcomed as Chair of the London District of the The Methodist Church Church! 7:00pm, Wednesday 21 August Wesley's Chapel, City Road, London. All are welcome.

At @Greenbelt we recorded some episodes of the Hope & Anchor spirituality podcast. One's just dropped – a beautiful conversation with drag queen Flamy Grant. Wherever you are on the spirituality spectrum, I think you'll find something to love here. tinyurl.com/2zs34h4v

On the Hope and Anchor podcast this week, we had a real laugh & a deep dive — into anxiety, comedy, ritual, & using religion to meet boys (!) — with British alt comic and actor Helen Lederer of Ab Fab fame! Have a listen and subscribe for future eps! hopeandanchor.buzzsprout.com

Great to be back sharing a Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2 about my beloved Grandma (laughing with me here about her tacky-fabulous Burger King hotpants!), my migrant great-great-grandfather & lineages of spirituality and love. Listen here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…