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Five Guiding Principles and two key issues for the Church: recognising the wiggle room
Five Guiding Principles – why leave it at that? We’ve been told we could add a Sixth… Continue reading
Consider the lilies: on changing one’s mind
How the church flowers debate cheered up this member of Synod! Continue reading
Posted in General Synod, Living in Love and Faith
Tagged environment, House of Bishops, Mary Tanner, ordination of women, parish, synod
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Suspicion and fear
In the latest document to come to Synod, any sense of joy, of celebration, of welcome, of blessing, has now disappeared. Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage, preaching
Tagged blessing, fear, ordination of women, Pastoral Guidance, transparency
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The animal now exists: remembering the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women
On 11 November 1992, the Church of England voted in favour of ordaining women as priests. I was there, as a member of General Synod, sustained by the Bach Rescue Remedy passed along our row by a nun. It’s an … Continue reading
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Tagged gender, ordination of women, women priests
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