Mirror Moments, or, Practising to be Me. 

Something I wrote and gave nearly a year ago - but it may be of interest. A lunchtime Seminar for LGBT History Month Sponsored by PRIDE Cymru and Cardiff University LGBT+ Staff Network Wednesday 17th February 2016 Very good to be with you today. And thanks to the sponsors of this event. This talk is …

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Embodying Love and Hope – The Chaplain’s Calling

Today is the last day of eight and a half years working as an NHS chaplain. I began what you might call my career at the age of twenty-five when I was ordained deacon in the Church of England's Durham diocese, and, with short breaks for study or illness, I have been doing a variety of …

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Why I am voting Remain

I count among the people who have given me so much in my life's journey so far French, Swiss, Belgians, Congolese, Iraqis, Austrians, Germans, Spanish, Hungarians, Greeks, Irish, Kenyans, Burundians, South Africans, Zimbabweans, Zambians, Finns, Armenians, Americans, Jamaicans, Trinidadians and Canadians. And that is just off the top of my head - I am sure …

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Hope and her daughters

On the Changing Attitude Facebook page, a recent post has pointed to a Guardian article about the guidance given to Synod members in their forthcoming Shared Conversations. Comments on this have revealed quite a sharp disagreement between those who are feeling optimistic about change coming in the church, and those who suspect the whole exercise …

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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 …

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