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Author Archives: fluff35
Church and the new normal
From one of my other blogs: some reflections, for the record, on where we are two years into the pandemic.
General Synod, February 2022: what felt most bizarre
Traumatic? A revelation? Or both? Continue reading
Posted in General Synod, Safeguarding
Tagged hybrid meetings, Paul Boateng, Questions, race, Standing Orders
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February 2022 General Synod – before it starts
What being on General Synod really entails…
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Bake a cake for Living in Love and Faith: how to make your response count
15 January 2022 (minor updates subsequently) The story so far: this blog began as a reflection on participating in the Shared Conversations, and then – because I was asked to join Living in Love and Faith’s History thematic group – … Continue reading
General Synod: feeling the weight of the Church of England
This is the established Church. Its weight is still crushing people. Continue reading
Ghana, Anglicans and expediency:
Are LGBTQI+ Christians being sacrificed to keep the C of E pure enough for Lambeth?
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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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