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Category Archives: marriage
Keeping the church together?
Since I last posted here, some months have passed, but that doesn’t mean nothing has happened. We had the November Synod with hours more of ‘debate’ (which really meant people restating their positions yet again). Then, in December, after the … Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage
Tagged Alliance, Bible, CEEC, schism, separation
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No more delays: what the history of the remarriage of divorced people says to the LLF debate
(Full version of the speech to General Synod I gave today, 14 November 2023) I am speaking against this amendment and the next two which want to halt it all until… well, as long as possible. As bishop Sarah said, … Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage
Tagged Divorce, remarriage, sacrament, Structural differentiation
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Leaky Church
Leaky Church. It’s a place where there is no creativity, hospitality or celebration. Rather than inviting people in, it shuts them out. Continue reading
Suspicion and fear
In the latest document to come to Synod, any sense of joy, of celebration, of welcome, of blessing, has now disappeared. Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage, preaching
Tagged blessing, fear, ordination of women, Pastoral Guidance, transparency
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The ‘saviour moment’?
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
Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage
Tagged Divorce, Kenneth Skelton, Prayers of Love and Faith
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Who Do We Think We Are? Group Work in Church
(Updated 7 Feb 2023) As we prepare for the February meeting of General Synod, we now know that Living in Love and Faith will be turning up on three consecutive days. On the Monday, there will be a presentation – … Continue reading
The wisdom of Solomon (or, that was the week, that was)
‘What are you up to at the moment?’ When I’m asked that question by people unconnected to the Church of England, I tend to reply in a very vague way, because surely they don’t really want the details? But some … Continue reading
Christian dating: just try it!
in which I meet a man whose idea of gardening is to mow the flower beds – and marry him Continue reading
Posted in marriage
Tagged Christian Connection, dating, internet, love, marriage, single
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