One of my goals, says Bishop Richard, is that we stop using the word "Diocese" to describe a disembodied tax-collecting authority based in Hereford, but instead use it to describe "us" -- a family of believers seeking to live out the Gospel in the Diocese of Hereford.

The parable of the sower

As we emerge from lockdown, can we learn to bear with one another in love?

Wisdom is vindicated by her deeds

'History is written in wood and stone but the future is up to us.'

Bishop Richard pulls no punches in asking each of us to search our hearts for traces of racism, and challenges us to repentance and prayer.

Jesus's commission to the disciples

Are we soul-searching following the brutal murder of George Floyd? Bishop Richard ponders ...