In the Church Times
Almost missed it, but I’m in this weekend’s Church Times and it’s a perfect spot as dusk falls on Reformation Day. Turn with me to page 12… What are the reasons for there being no statutory fees for baptisms in …
Tag: Church of England
A Tight Balancing Act
There’s a very interesting dialogue (I use the term “dialogue” in its loosest form) going on at the moment between Fulcrum and Stand Firm on the subject of the Evangelical Church’s expression of its doctrine of marriage in the wider …
Porvoo Shipwrecked
There can be no doubt about it – the actions of the Lutheran Church of Sweden this week in redefining marriage as a covenant in front of God that can be entered into by any two people, regardless of their …
Changing Attitude get it spot on
It’s not often I find myself agreeing with Colin Coward, but his blog piece this morning is right on the nail. The Church of England is fact divided on sexuality. The House of Bishops is divided – they are not …
Things that are wrong with the Church of England #26
One of the joys of job-hunting in the Church of England is that you come across some priceless examples of self-delusion. Take for example this job in a rural diocese. In the extended advert there is this brilliant final line: …
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On Suffering
I wrote this for our church magazine, published this Sunday. —- Flicking back through previous issues of the magazine, I’ve read again the piece I wrote earlier this years about change and moving on. Here we are though, over six …