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Tag Archives: House of Bishops
General Synod: feeling the weight of the Church of England
This is the established Church. Its weight is still crushing people. Continue reading
Handing on the baton? Part 1
Radical new Christian inclusion; but who are ‘we’? Continue reading
Bishops to show us the way
Today, the story trending on Twitter is that Phillip Schofield has come out as gay, at the age of 57. He has spoken movingly and passionately about the damage that concealment was doing to him and said that ‘all you … Continue reading
How not to be pastoral: the bishops’ new statement on civil partnerships
Once again, it’s all about sex. Whatever we mean by that. A recent article in The Independent headlined ‘The sex-obsessed Church of England is digging its own grave‘ included the comment that the Church is ‘intent not just on digging its … Continue reading
Posted in Living in Love and Faith
Tagged civil partnership, House of Bishops, procreation, Sexual abuse, sexuality
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The Episcopal Teaching Document
Talking about sexuality in the Church of England… the next stage after Shared Conversations Continue reading
Return to the public gallery
Having written to my bishops (replies received, thanks) and to lay representatives of my diocese on General Synod (wish I could say the same), I was sufficiently disappointed in the Bishops’ Report (GS2055) that I took the opportunity to go … Continue reading
Behind closed doors
So how will General Synod get on with the Shared Conversations? Continue reading
Posted in Shared Conversations
Tagged General Synod, House of Bishops, pain, tennis, York
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What is sex anyway?
… in church circles, the normal response I get is on the lines of ‘Don’t be so silly, we all know perfectly well what we’re talking about here.’ Continue reading
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