
2024
16th November
St Theosevia Centre for Christian Spirituality Oxford
A Spirituality of Death? Pastoral Reflections on Boundedness
9th November
Lancing College
Sermon Remembrance Sunday
24th July
Sarum College
The Church of England: Where are we? What are we? How are we?
Organisational Ecclesiology: Exploring Change and Complexity
26th June
Transforming Worship South-West
The Spirituality of Ageing: an Online Colloquium
20th June
Somerset South Deanery Synod
An Ageing Church?
21st May
Association of Hospice Chaplains Swanwick
The Wound or the Bandage?’ Looking into the Face of Spiritual Distress
2023
17th October
Bristol Baptist College Annual Conference
The Pastoral Care of Older Adults
19th September
Precentors Conference Salisbury Cathedral
After Dinner Reflections
Loving the Church of England
4th May
3rd May
Rochester and Canterbury Anna Chaplains
Reflecting on our Journey with Age
27th March
Peterborough Theological Society
The Spiritual and Religious Needs of Older Adults
7th February
Swanage Any Questions
What are we to make of Ageing?
14th January
Diocese of Bath and Wells
Has the battery gone flat? Why bother with Theology.
2022
29th November
Diocese of Bristol Senior Staff Team
Exploring the Future Shape of Ministry
21st November
Modem Conference
A Leader is a Dealer of Hope? Holding, Learning and Surviving the Pandemic at Sarum
14th November
Sarum College
Liminality
13th September
Sarum College
Exploring the Nature and Practice of Theological Formation
31st August
1st – 3rd September
Diocese of Rochester
Ordination Retreat for Deacons and Priests
29th June
27th June
The Retreat Association
Living with Courage: Clasping Hands Across a Divided Landscape
Presentations on Flourishing in Older Age and Befriending Death
26th June
St John the Baptist West Byfleet Diocese of Guildford
Preach Patronal Festival
15th June
Guildford Diocesan Spiritual Directors
Day on Reflective Journalling
11th June
Ripon College Cuddesdon
The Road and the Roadmap: On Getting Lost in Ministry
6th March
St Mary’s, Sturminster Marshall Diocese of Salsibury
Preach and Study Group: Renewing Faith
8th February
Lady Margaret Hall Oxford
Preach ‘Strive first for the Kingdom of God.’
2021
1st December
Sarum College
Exploring the Nature of Spiritual Need
9th November
Methodist Superintendent Ministers
The Future of Theology for Ministry
2nd November
Leading Women Group Sarum College
Leadership in Tough Times
29th September
Christians on Ageing
Assisted Dying
22nd June
Southern Archdeacons Conference Oxford
Theology: battleground, the problems and possible answers
11th June
Sarum College
The Shape of Leadership in the Public Square
27th May
Religion and Research Group: The University of Worcester
Spiritual Needs in Third and Fourth Age
6th May
Roundtable on Faith, Care and Ageing with Centre for Ageing Better and Church Urban Fund
27th March
Clergy and Lay Leaders Study Day on Dementia – Diocese of Chelmsford
2020
24th November
Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Changing Expectations of Death
The Ends of Life
12th November
Malvern Progressive Christianity Network
Does Religion help us to Age Well?
14th October
The Congregational Institute for Practical Theology
Ageing and Spirituality
27th March
Diocese of Chelmsford Study Day
Exploring Dementia and Ageing
5th March
Ely Cathedral Lent Lecture
Living with Mortality
4th February
The University of Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
Construction of Ageing Seminar Series
Memory, Meaning and Human Identity
The place of theology in constructing the purpose of age in the light of dementia?
6th January
The William Temple Association Bournemouth
Befriending Age? Exploring a reframing of the social, theological and political dimensions of Age
2019
19th November
Methodist Superintendent Ministers in the Southampton District at Sarum College
Is theology practical? Reimagining our learning for formation
19th September
Diocese of Rochester Study Day
What is Our Story of Old Age? Listening and Learning from the Experience of Ageing
8th June
Exploring Faith Montgomery Lecture – Diocese of Durham
Ageing: Blessing or Burden
19th April
Winchester Cathedral
Good Friday Three Hours Preaching
11th April
West Wiltshire Theology Group Warminster
Mortality Matters? How should we think and talk about Death?
3rd April
Diocese of Europe Lent Lecture Geneva
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
1st April
Sarum College Conference for Danish Clergy
New Thinking in Pastoral and Practical Theology
28th March
Diocese of London Clergy Chapter
Good Grief? Responding to the Private and Public Faces of Death
2nd March
Diocese of Bristol Study Day
Living Well? Life in all its Fullness
3rd February
St Johns College Cambridge
Suffering
8th January
7th January
University of Durham D.Th.M Lectures
Does Age Matter? Exploring the Spiritual and Theological Landscape of Older People
The Dissolving Self: how far will practical theology take us in the face of Dementia?
2018
5th December
University of Winchester Theology Group
Can Practical Theology enable us to Age Well?
9th October
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Study Day for Retired Clergy
Ageing, Spirituality and Theology
5th October
Diocese of Lichfield Spiritual Companions Day
Ageing: blessing or burden? Spiritual Accompaniment with Older Adults
5th – 10th August
University of Oxford Theology Summer School
Exploring Ageing and Human Flourishing
6th July
Sarum College
Reflective Journalling
20th June
19th June
Diocese of Chelmsford Ministry Summer School
Between Remembering and Forgetting: Understanding and Responding to Dementia
12th June
Bristol Cathedral
The Dissolving Self? Dementia, Personhood and Human Identity
1st May
Diocese of Portsmouth
Journeying with Dementia: Theology and Pastoral Care
6th March
Trinity College Bristol
Understanding Third and Fourth Age in Pastoral Theology and Practice
10th February
Diocese of Birmingham Forum for Spiritual Directors and Companions
Exploring Ageing and Spirituality
7th February
Diocese of Sheffield Study Day St Peters College
The Blessings of Ageing
2017
29th November
Sarum College
Ageing: Blessing or Burden? What is the spiritual shape of age in self and others?
21st November
Sarum College
Liturgy with Older People
11th November
Diocese of Newcastle St Hilda’s Church Jesmond
Community, Spirituality and Dementia
1st November
Aspects of Spirituality at Wimborne Minster, Diocese of Salisbury
Ageing – blessing or burden?
19th October
Diocese of Salisbury Ministering in Retirement Study Day
New thinking in Pastoral and Practical Theology
15th June
Alabaré Christian Care & Support Study Day for Chaplains Salisbury
Where is God in our work? Developing Reflective Practice
22nd June
Diocese of London Two Cities Post Ordination Training St Barnabas Church Pimlico
What have older people to teach us about mission?
6th April
Church of England Liturgical Commission Conference on Dementia Church House Westminster
Between remembering and forgetting: what is the gospel for a society in fear of dementia?
30th March
29th March
College of Health Care Chaplains Northern Branch Shepherd’s Dene Diocese of Newcastle
Spiritual Care in an Aging Population
Spirituality of Death and Moral Choices at End of Life
Chaplaincy and Professional Identity – to whom are we accountable?
26th February
The Old Deanery Diocese of Bath and Wells IME Phase 4-7
Mission and Ministry Amongst Older People
19th January
Clergy Study Day Diocese of St Asaph Llangollen
Befriending Death? Mapping out our Sharing the Spiritual dimensions of loss and change
2016
7th December
The 12th Norman Autton Lecture – Church House Westminster
What are Older People for? Faith, Culture and the Narratives of Age in a Successful Church
30th November
Northampton Deanery Clergy
Reflective Ministry
23rd October
Preach Jesus College Cambridge
What is Grief?
11th October
Salisbury Hospital Chaplains Quiet Day – Sarum College
Where is God in our work-to whom are we accountable?
27th September
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
The Theological in our Ministry
The Pastoral in our Ministry
25th September
Preach Westminster Abbey
‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’
13th September
Cheddar Valley Parishes Diocese of Bath and Wells
Study Evening – Ageing: Blessing or Burden?
2nd July
Ringwood Unitarian Church
The Ethics of Assisted Suicide
23rd June
Roman Catholic Diocese of Nottingham
Study Day for Clergy- The Spirituality of Ageing
24th May
Diocese of St Asaph Clergy
Study Day – Understanding Age: Our Mission and Ministry to Older People
23rd May
St Brides Liverpool
Between Remembering and Forgetting: Exploring the Narratives of Age in our Faith Communities
4th February
World Congress of Faiths Consultation : Promoting Spiritual Life: An interfaith Perspective
An Overview of Current Approaches to Spirituality
30th January
Diocese of Worcester IME Phase 2 Clergy
Resources for Theological Reflection
Models of Theological Reflection
Putting Theological Reflection to Work
2015
6th November
Diocese of Bath and Wells
Study Day for Clergy – The Spiritual Growth of Older People
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