Changing Attitude

Shared conversations: some came to seek truth; others to conquer. Why can’t we just be kind?

February 5, 2017
Archbishop Cranmer
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Commenting on the Bishops' statement Marriage and Same Sex Relationships after the Shared Conversations ("a gamma minus piece of drafting if ever there was one"), Canon Professor Mark Chapman prophesies that it "will make General Synod bloody". The report is…

Same-sex marriage: what does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?

February 2, 2017
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This is a guest post by the Rev'd Dr Gavin Ashenden, sometime Chaplain to the Queen. ___________________________ ‘Archbishop Cranmer’ has written a balanced and generous analysis of the House of…

Gay marriage: Bishops can’t be bullied with demands for “greater clarity and consistency”

September 12, 2016
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As the College of Bishops gathers in Oxford today, the world might be forgiven for thinking there was just one item on the agenda: the liturgical blessing of same-sex unions…

Primates' Meeting 2016: separating the Eloi from the Morlocks

January 9, 2016
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Primates’ Meeting, Canterbury: stardate 2016. These are the continuing prophetic voyages of Justin Welby. His continuing mission: to explore strange new reconciliations; to seek out new wine and new…

The political purpose of claiming 10% of bishops are gay

September 29, 2014
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This is a guest post by the Rev'd Peter Ould - a Church of England priest, consultant statistician and former blogger with an interest in the topic of human sexuality…