Supporting Synod members as they work to make the Church of England a safe, welcoming and inclusive church for everyone in the country is a huge exercise in patience, and the exercise of faith and hope over mistrust and despair. There is nothing I can actually do: I am parked firmly on the sidelines as …
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Bishop Alan Wilson
This is a comment I wrote to mark the death of Alan Wilson, the Bishop of Bucking ham, who died unexpectedly on 16th February 2024. Alan was a great support to so many people - but in particular to LGBT+ Christians, and survivors of church sexual abuse. He will be deeply missed. "Alan Wilson was …
Threatening the CEEC
It is some time now since the meeting of General Synod in mid-November. At that gathering the Synod decided to endorse the issuing of the Prayers of Love and Faith, and, through an amendment to the main motion moved by the Bishop of Oxford, to allow the Archbishops to commend for experimental use 'stand-alone services' …
The Church of England and the LLF/PLF Process: Listening and Learning
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 …
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Sunday Questions and Frustrations
August church-going frustrations
Camino Stage 2: Day 7 Bénévant l'Abbaye to Limoges
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 …
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From The Quire 