Category Archives: Shared Conversations

Walking the road

Posted on February 12, 2016 by fluff35

‘You know what, the thing that breaks my heart is that there’s no way I can answer it without hurting someone on either side.’ Continue reading →

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Fruit or chocolate?

Posted on February 6, 2016 by fluff35

Did the fruit people think the chocolate people were gluttons? Continue reading →

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And so it begins

Posted on January 31, 2016 by fluff35

… unless we know the person with whom we disagree, how can there ever be real respect for their position? Continue reading →

Posted in Shared Conversations | Tagged Bible, Christ, disability, General Synod, marriage, preaching, Shared Conversations, sin, the Bible says, Word of God | 1 Comment

Putting ourselves into boxes

Posted on December 29, 2015 by fluff35

And the H-word isn’t one I’d like to aim at those with whose views I disagree. Continue reading →

Posted in Shared Conversations | Tagged Arian, Bible, Blogs, Catholic, Church Union, clobber texts, evangelical, General Synod, heresy, Jesus, joke, liberal, listening, Shared Conversations, Trinity, women, women bishops | 2 Comments

Under the umbrella: living with difference

Posted on December 14, 2015 by fluff35

Peter Facey: Washout at the New Forest Show 2007 © Copyright Peter Facey and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. One of the questions raised by the Church of England’s current disagreements on sexuality concerns how far it’s … Continue reading →

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Good disagreement?

Posted on December 1, 2015 by fluff35

So I’ve been thinking about the goal of the Shared Conversations process, ‘good disagreement’. This has meant some reflecting around the theme of conflict management, and I’ve been following up some references to ‘integrative complexity’. If you have a low … Continue reading →

Posted in Shared Conversations | Tagged Bible, Christ the King, Digitalnun, Evensong, Hebrews 13, Integrative complexity, Jeremy Timm, preaching, role of preacher, York | 3 Comments

Eucharist (not?)

Posted on November 25, 2015 by fluff35

I’m by no means the only person blogging on the Shared Conversations, although so far I’ve only found one, Charlotte Gale, using a blog before the event to reflect on her participation. One of the post-Shared Conversation bloggers is Richard Ashby, whose … Continue reading →

Posted in Shared Conversations | Tagged Blogs, chalice, communion, eucharist, Shared Conversations, women, women bishops, women priests | 1 Comment

Constructing the self and the other

Posted on November 15, 2015 by fluff35

… will we be able to understand sufficiently the back-stories we all bring to this meeting? And who constructs our stories anyway? Continue reading →

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How did I get here??

Posted on November 7, 2015 by fluff35

I used to be on General Synod, and I keep up with national church stuff. I mention the former GS membership because it may go some way to explaining the latter, as the latter seems pretty unusual – I get … Continue reading →

Posted in Shared Conversations | Tagged Bible, Blogs, gender, General Synod, Lay ministry, Pilling Report, reader, sexuality, Shared Conversations, women | 2 Comments