"For these poets, the ageless and invisible presence of the Holy Spirit pervades the created world like air and breath, and Joseph Massey could be singing the book's powerful refrain when he proclaims, "The air alone/both altar and offering."   — Andrew Hudgins

I am taking a break for rest & reflection, but I am leaving you with #RichardWilbur reading his 'A Christmas Hymn': youtu.be/2YZdHn8MRwM?si… via YouTube

A glowing review of Dan 's Painting Over the Growth Chart. Juster traces the influence of perhaps the most famous New England poet, Robert Frost, on Rattelle's verses. kirkcenter.org/reviews/taking…

I am giving a talk on E.L. Mascall and the great divorce for the Lewis Society tonight at Pusey House at 8. If you are in Oxford and take an interest in Lewis or the last things, please join us for the event.

St George’s, Kelmscott

David Cameron has very kindly written about my poem "A Cut Above" at Into Creative. Have a look!

This week, Little Gidding Press, under the guidance of Dan and Clinton Collister, published a volume of my poems. Many thanks to A.M. Juster (#Petrarch @wwnorton April 2026) and Sally Thomas for their generous endorsements. jeffbilbro.com/exiles-journey/

The excellent Clinton Collister is also a Researcher at the Centre for Theology, Law and Culture, and was a prime mover in organising our conference on E.L. Mascall in Michaelmas 2023.

Clinton Collister makes Mascall relevant to a new audience

BOOK OF THE WEEK 🚨 This week we chose Eric Mascall's classic work of theological anthropology, The Importance of Being Human, recently republished by Angelico Press Come and read it before Fr Christopher Smith's lecture on Mascall this Wednesday at 4pm in Pusey House

New books!📚 1. The Book of Common Prayer and its Commentators, 1655-1901 by David Jasper from Sacristy Press (Cc Ben Crosby ⚓️ 🦆 Parker Williams ) 2. Three books by E. L. Mascall reprinted by Angelico Press with forewords by Andrew Davison & Clinton Collister

Exciting news, friends! I’m thrilled to share that I’ve accepted an offer to join the team at the University of Northwestern, St. Paul, as Assistant Professor of Theology and Humanities! After six years in the UK, Sarah Collister and I move back to the Midwest next week.

In other news: our son, Theodore Alfred, was born on March 20th (the feast of St Cuthbert!) and baptised on low Sunday, April 27th at Pusey house. He brings us such joy.

I joined Cranmer Theological Journal as book review editor last year! I love working with Greg Peters and Charles Erlandson. Read a great book in theology or Church history lately? Submit your review: cranmerjournal.org/index.php/CTJ/…

Per Cranmer Theological Journal, what’s the Church of England’s theology? British Calvinism? A branch of the RCC? Anglicans shaped a distinct Orthodoxy in the 16th-17th centuries, influenced by both but its own tradition. Read: cranmerjournal.org/index.php/CTJ/…

Check out @MereOrthodoxy's review of Jeffrey Bilbro's Exile's Journey, the Porcher par excellence’s debut book of earthy poetry from Little Gidding Press. Contemplate its rich themes of faith and place!

Immensely proud of Dr. Clinton Collister, whose degree was conferred at the Senate House in Cambridge last Friday! After a whirlwind month, we’re excited to finally settle in to life in the Twin Cities. ⁦Clinton Collister⁩

“A density of language combined with moral clarity; English landscapes at once troubled by violence and redeemed by their raw beauty; and, always, the sense of prayer that moves both within and beyond logic: such is Travis Wright’s début volume, A Woodland Lexicon.” --Kevin Hart