Monthly Archives: November 2023

Is Synod polarised?

Another Synod, another vote.  After – what was it, over 8 hours? – on Living in Love and Faith in February, we were back in the debating chamber for even longer at the November Synod, this time to vote on … Continue reading

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No more delays: what the history of the remarriage of divorced people says to the LLF debate

(Full version of the speech to General Synod I gave today, 14 November 2023) I am speaking against this amendment and the next two which want to halt it all until… well, as long as possible. As bishop Sarah said, … Continue reading

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Going to the top: meeting the Archbishop of Canterbury

(With one amendment, made on 7 November) As regular readers know – and as I’ve said in General Synod more than once – I believe in transparency. But I also respect confidences. This can be a difficult tightrope to walk … Continue reading

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