Fr Richard Tuset's blog and other bits and pieces on Christianity

Ovingdean News March 2023 It feels like every month brings yet another significant and often difficult moment somewhere in the world or...

The Bible's Yes to Same-Sex Marriage: An Evangelical's Change of Heart - Book Review "This book is the story of a change of heart. In the...

Ovingdean News February 2023 I’d like to start this note with some thank yous. Firstly a huge thank you to everyone who has helped...

Ovingdean News January I hope your Christmas, however you celebrated it, was joyful and I wish you a very happy New Year. It was so...

November 2022 Looking around beautiful Ovingdean at this time of the year a Cynthia Rylant quote comes to mind: “In November, the earth...

Luke 11: 1- 13 Prayer has been on my mind much this week. I was at a drinks party and found myself with a person that simply wouldn’t...

"May flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest" With shock and much sadness I am talking to you today about the Queen’s passing. The news...

Luke 12: 49 - 56 This is one of those readings where you wonder what a person new to church would be thinking. Indeed it may well be...

Luke 10: 25 – 37 A few years ago I was very fortunate to visit the Holy Land through a study pilgrimage run by St George’s Anglican...

Pentecost 2022 One of the blessings in my life are my beautiful children. Three boys…all so very different from each other. Unique...

Ovingdean Evensong Homily - June 2022 Today we celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, where we celebrate and give thanks for 70 years...

Ovingdean News - May 2022 We had a beautiful and vibrant Easter at St Wulfran’s and I would like to thank everyone who helped make this...

A fully referenced version of this paper is available upon request. Anglo Catholicism, an outcome of the Oxford Movement, was a powerful...

April 2022 Ovingdean News In the forefront of all our minds this Lent is the war in Ukraine with millions of refugees, thousands of lives...

Matthew 18.12-14 - Feast Day St Wulfran’s 2022 Greg Moore - one of our resident artists often gives me very helpful advice…. And one...

March 2022 Ovingdean News The cycle of years turns and we come again to Spring and of course Lent. Plans to till and seed a part of the...

Luke 4:1-13 As many of you will know, Lent starts with Ash Wednesday. When I was the assistant curate in a previous parish I suggested we...

Luke 6. 17-26 Disability Is anyone here this morning disabled? If not, then the answer to that question, in my experience, ‘is not...

Treasures at Candlemas 2022 Treasure is a word I absolutely love….it brings up so many thoughts and memories…. Starting with my...

Ovingdean News February 2022 Despite the ongoing challenges I hope 2022 has started well for you. Church life remains busy as we look to...