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Category Archives: General Synod
Implementation? Another week, another Living in Love and Faith statement
With my history, both with the production of the LLF resources and then on one of the earlier LLF Working Groups, I probably know as much about the history of LLF as anyone. But I still find out that there is information I had missed.
That was the case again today. Continue reading
Ceasefire?
Is a ‘pause’ what the Living in Love and Faith process needs now? Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, Shared Conversations
Tagged Bible, General Synod, homosexuality, ordination, sexuality, war
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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
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
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
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
LLF: Moving Forward as One Church
For those who don’t have the time or the inclination to read the latest document and the latest motion arising from Living in Love and Faith, which come to Synod in July – both in the 31-pages of GS2358 – here’s my … Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage
Tagged CEEC, Church Society, ecclesiology, equal marriage, House of Bishops
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Removing the fiction: wrangling bishops
It’s one thing to say that we respect our different theological convictions, but it’s quite another to say what you believe or who you are when you know you are going to attract criticism; and when you are the one without the power, and the person to whom you are speaking has all the power. Continue reading
Posted in General Synod
Tagged confidentiality, honesty, House of Bishops, Secretary General, transparency
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