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Author Archives: fluff35
Back on General Synod after all these years…
Today I attended the online count on Zoom and discovered that I have been elected to the House of Laity of General Synod to represent Oxford Diocese for the next five years. It’s still sinking in… The elections work by … Continue reading
Counter-cultural Cranmer?
As a historian, I am disturbed by the email’s statement that “Cranmer wrote these prophetic words: ‘What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies’”.
Because, quite simply, he didn’t. Continue reading
Posted in Church of England and gender, General Synod
Tagged elections, General Synod, Thomas Cranmer
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Being winsome
What do Christians mean when they use the word ‘winsome’? And is it as sweet and innocent as the word may suggest? Continue reading
The Church of England as a WASGIJ
What could the Church of England look like if we reversed our current approach to change? Continue reading
Posted in Renewal and reform programme
Tagged Church of England, church planting, jigsaws, management, Myriad
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Handing on the baton? Part 1
Radical new Christian inclusion; but who are ‘we’? Continue reading
Rewriting your history: thinking about the Winchester case
What does the ‘stepping back’ of the Bishop of Winchester tell us about history and about power?
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Posted in Living in Love and Faith, Shared Conversations
Tagged autobiography, bishops, deacons, General Synod, history, testimony, Tim Dakin, Winchester
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Conversion therapy: faith without fear
Unusually today, I was up in time to listen to some pre-7 a.m. radio, so I heard the very rushed interview the Today programme was running on conversion therapy. Anyone who still doesn’t know what this ‘therapy’ entails can read the stories … Continue reading
Surviving Lockdown 3: a guest post
What’s it like living on your own at 86 in lockdown? Continue reading
Messiahs I have known
I’ve long lost count of the times I’ve been to a performance of Handel’s Messiah. It was a feature of my childhood, with a train trip from the suburbs to London to hear it. I remember everyone stood for the … Continue reading
Posted in Shared Conversations
Tagged Christ, disability, Hallelujah Chorus, Handel, Merry Opera Company, Messiah, music, race
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Deleted sex scenes from Living in Love and Faith (4)
Masturbation, of course, has a history – like everything else. Continue reading
Posted in Living in Love and Faith
Tagged masturbation, Onania, Self-pollution, Woody Allen
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