Graham Kings

The Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings is Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Ely and Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide.

A Prior Meeting by Graham Kings

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A Prior Meeting by Graham Kings “Solvitur ambulando” around the ‘cloister’ meadow of Grey Friars, Canterbury. Five days in Bec, Normandy, now, beckoned and called, four days, silent, in Canterbury. Cassock forgotten, now vested from the vestry, a gift, it turns out, from Bec. “Something-than-which- nothing-greater-can-be-conceived” is God. Quite a thought from Anselm, a Prior … Continue Reading

Should Christians Share Christ with People of Other Faiths? Fulcrum Newsletter for July 2010

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Should Christians share Christ with People of other Faiths? Fulcrum Newsletter July 2010 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne copublished, with permission, with The Times online, 5 July 2010 Should Christians keep themselves to themselves and not share Christ with people of other faiths? ‘Conversion must never become a word of which Christians fight shy’ … Continue Reading

Singapore. Intellectual Centre of a Movement – Fulcrum Newsletter January 2007

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Singapore: Intellectual Centre of a Movement Fulcrum Newsletter January 2007 by Graham Kings republished, with permission, from The Church Times, 29 December 2006 To mark the Fourth Anglican Global South to South Encounter, Singapore, 19th-23rd April 2010, we are re-publishing the above article, first published on this website, January 2007. Since its first publication, the … Continue Reading

Finished in the New Creation: a poem by Graham Kings

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Finished in the New Creation The flourishing hand of Bach, interweaving the sum of his works, leaves unfinished his Art of Fugue, interrupted, solely, by the glory of God. The measureless hand of Coleridge, dreaming an early work, leaves unfinished his Kubla Khan, interrupted, perhaps, by the person from Porlock. The impressive hand of Turner, … Continue Reading

Perceptions of the Cross by Graham Kings, Fulcrum Newsletter, April 2010

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Perceptions of the Cross Fulcrum Newsletter, April 2010 by Graham Kings copublished, with permission, with The Times online, Faith Central, Good Friday 2 April 2010 ‘An eagle landing on a tree’; ‘a helicopter’; ‘a bird with heavy wings trying to take off’; ‘Jesus on the cross’. Perceptions of Jonathan Clarke’s six-foot tall sculpture, ‘The Eighth … Continue Reading

The Hostage Deal by Graham Kings

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The Hostage Deal Between the rolling of the stone and the crying of the name came the agonising. Shuddering, Jesus stares into the tomb, Making a deal with death in the depths. A greedy exchange is strangely agreed: Lazarus comes out and he will go in, The prize of life for the price of death. … Continue Reading

Mandela Beyond Imagining

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Mandela Beyond Imagining by Graham Kings Before nineteen eighty six, theology in the Reformed Church was mistakenly myth-taken, double Dutch and in a State. People on whom God had set his stamp were stamped upon; That which God had joined together, man put asunder. Then came pressure from the Spirit through the Word, through the … Continue Reading

General Synod motion on ACNA: CEN interview with Graham Kings, Fulcrum Newsletter Feb 2010

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General Synod Motion concerning the Anglican Church in North America Fulcrum Newsletter, February 2010 Co-published, with permission, with the Church of England Newspaper, 9 February 2010 Church of England Newspaper interview with Dr Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne, 8 February 2010 CEN: On Wednesday 10 February, General Synod will be debating the private member’s motion, … Continue Reading