Tag Archives: Bible

‘We need the theology’: what has now been released, and does it answer the real questions?

Posted on November 8, 2025 by fluff35

Unusually, with the next General Synod not until February, last Wednesday Synod members received the four key documents on Living in Love and Faith (LLF) which the House of Bishops had been sent before their 15 October meeting – the … Continue reading →

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Ceasefire?

Posted on June 24, 2025 by fluff35

Is a ‘pause’ what the Living in Love and Faith process needs now? Continue reading →

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David Tudor: the lessons we should have learned already

Posted on December 17, 2024 by fluff35

Another day, another safeguarding mess. And another independent safeguarding review “to ensure lessons are learnt from this case” (Church of England statement on David Tudor, 15 December). I’d like to make one very simple point: that the lessons needing to … Continue reading →

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Questions of fornication

Posted on February 22, 2024 by fluff35

what is porneia, and what do studies of ancient sexuality say to modern claims about its meaning? Continue reading →

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Keeping the church together?

Posted on January 7, 2024 by fluff35

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 →

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Who Do We Think We Are? Group Work in Church

Posted on January 28, 2023 by fluff35

(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 →

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The wisdom of Solomon (or, that was the week, that was)

Posted on November 18, 2022 by fluff35

‘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 →

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Alliterative Anglicans: see what I did there?*

Posted on August 7, 2022 by fluff35

real life isn’t alliterative or rhyming: so why do we act like it is? Continue reading →

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From a tree to a window to an installation: the visual messages of Living in Love and Faith

Posted on July 18, 2022 by fluff35

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 →

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Clouds without rain: trying to explore fear

Posted on June 21, 2022 by fluff35

So here’s a question for conservatives in the CofE. What do you fear? I don’t see anyone wanting to force you to marry people or bless them if it’s against your conscience. As with divorced people. So what do you … Continue reading →

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