Monthly Archives: October 2023

Leaky Church

Posted on October 27, 2023 by fluff35

Leaky Church. It’s a place where there is no creativity, hospitality or celebration. Rather than inviting people in, it shuts them out. Continue reading →

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Suspicion and fear

Posted on October 24, 2023 by fluff35

In the latest document to come to Synod, any sense of joy, of celebration, of welcome, of blessing, has now disappeared. Continue reading →

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Going to the stake: Living in Love and Faith as Synod approaches

Posted on October 22, 2023 by fluff35

Many of us on Synod and beyond are spending the weekend ploughing through the 108 pages of GS2328, the update on where the bishops now are, which contains versions of the three documents promised after February’s motion passed. GS2328 is … Continue reading →

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The ‘saviour moment’?

Posted on October 10, 2023 by fluff35

When I wrote about being in the most recent offshoot of the Living in Love and Faith process – the optimistically-named ‘Living with Difference’ – I began by hoping that there was some sort of way through, some ‘Click boom’ … Continue reading →

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Waiting for bishops

Posted on October 3, 2023 by fluff35

So, I was asked once again, ‘Where are things now on LLF and prayers of blessing for those in committed same-sex relationships, as voted for in the February Synod?’  I should say at the outset that there are very few … Continue reading →

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