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Category Archives: Living in Love and Faith
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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Transparency, trust and bishops
I’ve been silent on this blog for a while. Partly that’s because I haven’t been involved in the three Working Groups which have been meeting to discuss various facets of the ongoing Living in Love and Faith discussions (even though … Continue reading
Jesus is coming, look busy: onwards with Living in Love and Faith?
There used to be bumper stickers with the message, ‘Jesus is coming – look busy!’ Leaving aside the dodginess of that idea – and here I’d mention the Archbishop of York’s counter-argument, Do Nothing to Change Your Life: Discovering What Happens … Continue reading
Not the Usual Suspects
It’s rare in my experience of the Church of England to find myself quoted by those higher up the food chain. When I was called to speak at the July Synod, I observed that ‘Notice Paper V – which sets … Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage
Tagged CEEC, Eeva John, stakeholder groups
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Next business, anyone? LLF, Synod, February 2024
So what happened there? You may well ask. A debate on LLF stopped by the procedural motion to move to Next Business… is that a further kicking of the proverbial can down the unending road, the road which we somehow … Continue reading
Questions of fornication
what is porneia, and what do studies of ancient sexuality say to modern claims about its meaning? Continue reading
Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith
Tagged Andrew Cornes, Bible, christianity, fornication, God, Jesus, Kathy Gaca, marriage, porneia, sexual morality
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One down, one to go: the LLF appointment saga continues
While last week was quite a week in the Church of England, this week is proving just as complicated. And it’s still only Tuesday… After last week’s shenanigans, late on Monday afternoon came the announcement of a second Interim Theological Advisor, … Continue reading
Processing the process: LLF continues
After that lurch in the LLF process, once again, questions are raised about who is actually running things in the Church of England. Continue reading
Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith
Tagged Faith and Order Commission, House of Bishops, William Nye
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Resets, settlement, commitments and explorations… A further update on LLF
So are we going forwards, or backwards? Wherever we are going, we won’t be there for at least another year. Continue reading
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