Category Archives: Living in Love and Faith

Suspicion and fear

Posted on October 24, 2023 by fluff35

In the latest document to come to Synod, any sense of joy, of celebration, of welcome, of blessing, has now disappeared. Continue reading →

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Going to the stake: Living in Love and Faith as Synod approaches

Posted on October 22, 2023 by fluff35

Many of us on Synod and beyond are spending the weekend ploughing through the 108 pages of GS2328, the update on where the bishops now are, which contains versions of the three documents promised after February’s motion passed. GS2328 is … Continue reading →

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The ‘saviour moment’?

Posted on October 10, 2023 by fluff35

When I wrote about being in the most recent offshoot of the Living in Love and Faith process – the optimistically-named ‘Living with Difference’ – I began by hoping that there was some sort of way through, some ‘Click boom’ … Continue reading →

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Waiting for bishops

Posted on October 3, 2023 by fluff35

So, I was asked once again, ‘Where are things now on LLF and prayers of blessing for those in committed same-sex relationships, as voted for in the February Synod?’  I should say at the outset that there are very few … Continue reading →

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Two meetings down, one to go: Living with Difference

Posted on September 15, 2023 by fluff35

“Two meetings down, one to go” is pretty much all I am allowed to say about the meetings of the Living with Difference group which has been convened in the spaces between the College and House of Bishops making their decisions on … Continue reading →

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Being back in the room

Posted on September 5, 2023 by fluff35

(One UPDATE 8 September) As my friends know, I’m a fan of Hamilton, which has that great song about ‘being in the room where it happens’. While my previous post here, on the various dates leading up to the November … Continue reading →

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The autumn of Living in Love and Faith

Posted on August 16, 2023 by fluff35

(updated 18 August, 1 September, 28 October and 18 November) One of the issues in the Church of England at the moment is transparency, or rather the lack of it. As of this morning, the ‘LLF Journey’ page on the … Continue reading →

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Too many adjectives?

Posted on June 22, 2023 by fluff35

One of my husband’s pet hates when we eat out is when a menu has too many adjectives, to the point that you almost lose sight of what it is you’re eating: ‘smoky deep-fried maple-cured lightly chopped British bacon’, that … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Sticky Notes

Posted on April 14, 2023 by fluff35

[image: ProjectManhattan, Sticky Notes on the Wall, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sticky_Notes_2.jpg%5D The Church of England does love its sticky notes: the paper ones, not the online version. On my Parochial Church Council we are still living with the results of a sticky-note exercise … Continue reading →

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February 2023 General Synod: sex, sin and separation

Posted on February 10, 2023 by fluff35

Here is the story of ‘my’ Synod experience, for the record. Sorry it’s long but there was a lot of it. My take-home points would be that it is clear that conservatives are now focusing on two battles: to defend … Continue reading →

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