Tag Archives: Divorce

‘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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Living in Love and Faith, October 2025: What’s changed?

Posted on October 28, 2025 by fluff35

Like many others, I have been reflecting on the 15 October House of Bishops announcement, which appears to say that Living in Love and Faith (LLF) has ground to a halt, with no change to the welcome given to lesbian and … Continue reading →

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No more delays: what the history of the remarriage of divorced people says to the LLF debate

Posted on November 14, 2023 by fluff35

(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 →

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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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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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Meanwhile, back in the toilet…

Posted on March 28, 2016 by fluff35

This is the third in a series of reflections after the Shared Conversations (edited 31 March) In a previous post, I’ve commented on how wonderful it was to get to the loo and sit alone in a space where nobody … Continue reading →

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Bishops, for beginners: on diversity and change

Posted on February 21, 2016 by fluff35

Is it about what we believe, or what we do? Why can you pick a bishop to match some of your views, but not others? Continue reading →

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A Betjeman moment

Posted on January 24, 2016 by fluff35

Truth or unity? woolliness or schism? Continue reading →

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