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Another one bites the dust: resignation, LLF … and murder?
updated (bits in bold) 15 June 2025 Friday 6 June was ‘interesting’, in the ‘may you live in interesting times’ sense. I wasn’t at home but my phone kept registering messages. The first was drawing my attention to the Church … Continue reading
Living in parched places: February 2025 General Synod
I’m just back from a five-day Synod in central London. And, not for the first time, I’m wondering what the point of it all is. That’s exacerbated by being aware of some blatant attempts at manipulation, with the days and … Continue reading
Option 3 or Option 4? No, it’s Option 3.5
So, for anyone who was wondering how my making-my-mind-up went for the Safeguarding debate at this February Synod, here’s an update. Discussion of safeguarding at Synod began with the debate on the Makin Report on Monday, where I moved an … Continue reading
Trusting in Love and Faith? A January 2025 Update
Another day, another LLF-related meeting… I’ve been to many of these over the years, several with whichever bishops were designated ‘lead bishop’, and one memorable gathering with Justin Welby when he was Archbishop of Canterbury. There’s usually a cup of … Continue reading
David Tudor: the lessons we should have learned already
Another day, another safeguarding mess. And another independent safeguarding review “to ensure lessons are learnt from this case” (Church of England statement on David Tudor, 15 December). I’d like to make one very simple point: that the lessons needing to … Continue reading
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Yet another autumn of Living in Love and Faith
I am running out of titles, as another year of the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) process approaches its end; in last year’s autumn update I shared some of the dates but it has all become far more complicated … Continue reading
Farewell August: time for the Church of England to wake up?
I’ve never really understood ‘Church August’. ‘Church January’? ‘Church post-Easter’? Sure: the rhythm of the Christian calendar means that there are points when everyone needs some down time after a burst of particularly intense activity. But in August, for purely … Continue reading
The c-word: what happened in those London churches?
And so it goes on; ‘it’ being the reaction in one section of the Church of England to what are called “the faithless LLF proposals”, produced by the “unorthodox” House of Bishops, aka our “compromised leadership”, etc etc. This really … Continue reading
Milestone Day or Groundhog Day?
July Synod is over. Another long meeting, which was extended by having a separate meeting of the House of Laity before ‘Synod proper’. This time around, we had earlier starts (8.45), shorter meal breaks, and one evening session scheduled to … Continue reading
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