Tag Archives: ordination of women

Learning to love and be loved: bishops, bodies and my Private Member’s Motion

Posted on July 4, 2026 by fluff35

I’ve been silent here since the end of May; and in that piece, I commented that “it’s over two months since I last posted here, and readers may be wondering whether I’m still alive”. Now we are in July, regular readers … Continue reading →

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Five Guiding Principles and two key issues for the Church: recognising the wiggle room

Posted on March 16, 2026 by fluff35

Five Guiding Principles – why leave it at that? We’ve been told we could add a Sixth… Continue reading →

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Consider the lilies: on changing one’s mind

Posted on February 15, 2026 by fluff35

How the church flowers debate cheered up this member of Synod! Continue reading →

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Suspicion and fear

Posted on October 24, 2023 by fluff35

In the latest document to come to Synod, any sense of joy, of celebration, of welcome, of blessing, has now disappeared. Continue reading →

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The animal now exists: remembering the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women

Posted on November 10, 2022 by fluff35

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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