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Category Archives: Shared Conversations
Who Do We Think We Are? Group Work in Church
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 – i.e. something which doesn’t … 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
From a tree to a window to an installation: the visual messages of Living in Love and Faith
I’m continuing to process last week’s General Synod meeting, and there certainly is a lot to process; not just the very full agenda over long days, and not just the ongoing rumblings about the confusion during the elections to the … Continue reading
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.
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
Rewriting your history: thinking about the Winchester case
What does the ‘stepping back’ of the Bishop of Winchester tell us about history and about power?
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Tagged autobiography, bishops, deacons, General Synod, history, testimony, Tim Dakin, Winchester
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Messiahs I have known
I’ve long lost count of the times I’ve been to a performance of Handel’s Messiah. It was a feature of my childhood, with a train trip from the suburbs to London to hear it. I remember everyone stood for the … Continue reading
Posted in Shared Conversations
Tagged Christ, disability, Hallelujah Chorus, Handel, Merry Opera Company, Messiah, music, race
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Deleted sex scenes from Living in Love and Faith (1)
What wasn’t included in Living in Love and Faith Continue reading
Posted in Living in Love and Faith, Shared Conversations
Tagged Aretino, classical reception, history, Ovid, Philaenis, pornography
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Waiting for publication: the week before Living in Love and Faith
What was it like being part of Living in Love and Faith? And what is it like waiting for the final publication? Continue reading
Dislocation
Here we are in late August at the point in The Time of Covid-19 which may come to be known as The Stopping and Starting. I’m finding it difficult; despite evidence of lower numbers of deaths here from The Thing, … Continue reading
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