Usually when you get a communication from the Bishop to the people of the Diocese, it’s in the form of a letter, one that quite often gets read out at the main Sunday service in amongst the notices. The new Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard seems to be trying something a bit different, with a video message posted on the Internet.

True the style is a bit static, sort of like an old style party political broadcast, but it is quite a good message – starting off with a quote from Woody Allen, and imparting the shocking revelation that there are Christians who support Chelsea…

With my new role as Churchwarden, I’m actually going to get to meet the man in person sooner than I expected, as I have to head in to Reading next month for the Bishop’s Visitation. Since he is also leading the Oxford Taizé Pilgrimage which overlaps with our trip there this summer we’ll probably meet him again then too.

If you’re not into video clips, the text of the message is on the website too.