Tag Archives: General Synod

Back on General Synod after all these years…

Posted on October 12, 2021 by fluff35

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 →

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Counter-cultural Cranmer?

Posted on October 7, 2021 by fluff35

As a historian, I am disturbed by the email’s statement that “Cranmer wrote these prophetic words: ‘What the heart loves, the will chooses, and the mind justifies’”.  

Because, quite simply, he didn’t.   Continue reading →

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Being winsome

Posted on September 9, 2021 by fluff35

What do Christians mean when they use the word ‘winsome’? And is it as sweet and innocent as the word may suggest? Continue reading →

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Rewriting your history: thinking about the Winchester case

Posted on June 11, 2021 by fluff35

What does the ‘stepping back’ of the Bishop of Winchester tell us about history and about power?
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Waiting for publication: the week before Living in Love and Faith

Posted on November 3, 2020 by fluff35

What was it like being part of Living in Love and Faith? And what is it like waiting for the final publication? Continue reading →

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Stopping: and starting?

Posted on April 30, 2020 by fluff35

After several years in which it has played a major part in my life, as of 29 April the ‘Living in Love and Faith process’ (LLF) has now officially been put on hold. Those of us on the various working … Continue reading →

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Seeing the tree in the woods

Posted on July 8, 2018 by fluff35

So, in the last month, that Episcopal Teaching Document, a.k.a. the ‘Teaching Document on human identity, sexuality and marriage’, has developed a name of its own. It’s now Living in Love and Faith: Christian teaching and learning about human sexuality and … Continue reading →

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Being officially ecumenical: chocolate, mints, the Church of England and the Conference of European Churches

Posted on February 9, 2018 by fluff35

This week, the Church of England General Synod is discussing union with the Methodists. One of my favourite jokes ever is the ‘guy on a bridge‘ one, which is all about church divisions and micro-divisions. Union, or separation? Is reunion … Continue reading →

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Nothing new here: how the human sexuality debate repeats the women priests debate

Posted on August 9, 2017 by fluff35

Should a sheep among wolves wear her wolfskin coat? Continue reading →

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Getting into a muddle about sex: lifelong virginity and the Louden amendment

Posted on August 3, 2017 by fluff35

For various reasons, I’ve been going through some of the papers I kept from my stint on General Synod; eight complicated years which included the Higton debate, the AIDS debate, and the various stages of the legislation to permit women … Continue reading →

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