Learning things involves listening. That is obvious - we listen to things we didn't know and we try and fit them into the jumble of impressions, facts, traditions and habits that go to make up the way we know anything. Descartes thought that the human mind was a bank slate, ready to receive sense impressions …
Continue reading The Church of England and the LLF/PLF Process: Listening and Learning
I have been home five days, and a lot has been going on. But looking back at my week away there are some things that stand out very much. Woods near Crozant Until I got to Gargilesse, the experience had been a solitary one, in May and this month. Then I met Cécile in the …
The story of the Church of England's agonies over sexuality, and in particular the place it gives to LGBT people and their relationships seems never-ending. It is easy to lose the thread. Here is the short version: The 1980s The Osborne Report (1989) takes evidence from gay and lesbian people The Higton Motion (1987) undercuts …
Continue reading Living in Love and Faith: a Whole Lot of Hot Air?
August church-going frustrations
I slept well in the Hotel with No People and got up and packed my rucksack for the last time ready for the flight home. Just round the corner was a trolleybus stop, which took me to Place Winston Churchill, one of the transport hubs of the city. Bus stations are never very beautiful at …
I woke ridiculously early, anxious about missing the bus. I dozed, I read, then I got up. I was down at the bus stop half an hour early, so I had time for a peaceful morning prayer as the light came up. The bus, a big 52 seater, was all but empty and got to …
Continue reading Camino Stage 2: Day 7 Bénévant l'Abbaye to Limoges
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