Apart from the attenuated version which General Synod members are going to be put through in July, the Shared Conversations are over. This £300K exercise has brought together groups of dioceses and their representatives for three-day residential meetings to allow people from all sides of the church to talk, and more importantly to listen to …
Tag: Church of England
Culture Wars and Christmas
I leaf through the blogs and websites most days, and I today I notice how women bishops and "gay marriage" are still stirring comment. I don't think there is going to be a ceasefire over Christmas. After what has been a dreadful year for the Church of England, with the census telling us of a …
The day after…
Like so many others, I am astonished, shattered and angry at what happened at Synod yesterday. Unlike some, I have no complaint at the process. I accept that in the Church of England we set the bar high for significant and radical changes. I shall leave it to others to decide if the standard is …
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