Stephen Mitchell is a retired Anglican priest and founder member of the Sea of Faith network. He helped organise its first conference and was the first Steering Committee chair. He’s always seen the network as common ground between atheists, agnostics and people of faith. Even the most fundamental of believers will acknowledge the human and creative side of faith. He’s explored and worked out his faith through writing a few books – Agenda for Faith, God in Bath, Past Perfect – and a recently created blog www.canonfodder.co. Before becoming a priest he taught music and he continues to arrange, compose and make music in retirement. As a priest he ministered in schools, cathedrals, and village churches. He recently rejoined the Steering Committee and is keen to see the network grow through the enthusiasm of its new members, and the development of its impressive website, magazine and educational activities.
A hundred years ago this year in 1911, Vaughan Williams published Five Mystical Songs. They received their first performance the same year at the Three Choirs Festival in Worcester Cathedral. The Five Mystical Songs are...
In my garage, and perhaps in yours – although my garage (an old school) is probably bigger than your garage – in a dusty box, is a collection of old computers with all the necessary...
The dedication is appropriate. At the very first Sea of Faith conference in 1988, the question delegates were left asking was: ‘Can we create a new religious story?’ As Denis Nineham had said in his...
If you’ve cocked half an ear to the news over the last few weeks or glanced at the newspapers, you’ll know that the Cambridge scientist Stephen Hawking, together with some of his colleagues, has published...
So how are we doing? How is progress to date? How far established is the kingdom of God on Earth? How far across the bridge have we got? Are the flood waters going down? Can...
Reaching for the Moon 1 Stephen Mitchell preached this sermon at St Peter’s Church Moulton on Sunday 19th July 2009, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity Tomorrow – July 20th – is for most of us...
In a devastating criticism of The God Delusion, Nicholas Lash accuses Richard Dawkins of being theologically illiterate and ignoring two millennia of religious thought: ‘His understanding of the notion of “belief in God” is as...
Those who think they know every turn in Cupitt’s philosophy of life, may be tempted to skip the first chapter So Far. Before doing so they should think twice about the chapter’s heading. So far....
Fourth Witness stands in a long and honourable tradition. From medieval mystery plays to contemporary films like The Passion of Christ artists have used their imagination to bring the gospels to life and to re-examine...
This month sees a remarkable publishing event: the publication by SCM of The Old Creed and the New by Don Cupitt. It is five years since his work was published in this country. Meanwhile we...
