That level of expectation that I'm going to be conservative is really disappointing, but it is how many people think about clergy and the church

The bible is not a blueprint for every day of your life, it is an inspiration not a blueprint. That requires that we listen to one another and get challenged and grow by living with difference within the body of the church.

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

I think what we're really bad at doing is recognising that it is possible to have lost of different views within the church.

Tugay is writhing around all over the place as if he were dead

The [book of the bible] Song Of Songs is an amazing erotic love poem that the church has tried very hard not to notice. It is really beautiful, and musical in its poetry.

That level of expectation that I'm going to be conservative is really disappointing, but it is how many people think about clergy and the church