Just when you’d have thought that the dust had settled from Dr Ros Clarke’s Private Member’s Motion calling for an independent governance and culture review of the House of Bishops, finally the min…| sharedconversations
The Scottish Episcopal Church has announced[*] that its General Synod will meet for a second time in 2025 for the specific purpose of making an amendment to the Canon for electing bishops in time for use during a forthcoming episcopal … Continue reading →| Law & Religion UK
What really divides the Church of England? Not sex: money and how it should be distributed.| sharedconversations
With my history, both with the production of the LLF resources and then on one of the earlier LLF Working Groups, I probably know as much about the history of LLF as anyone. But I still find out th…| sharedconversations
Is a ‘pause’ what the Living in Love and Faith process needs now?| sharedconversations
updated (bits in bold) 15 June 2025 Friday 6 June was ‘interesting’, in the ‘may you live in interesting times’ sense. I wasn’t at home but my phone kept registering messages. The first was drawing…| sharedconversations
I’m just back from a five-day Synod in central London. And, not for the first time, I’m wondering what the point of it all is. That’s exacerbated by being aware of some blatant attempts at manipulation, with the days and … Continue reading →| sharedconversations
So, for anyone who was wondering how my making-my-mind-up went for the Safeguarding debate at this February Synod, here’s an update. Discussion of safeguarding at Synod began with the debate on the…| sharedconversations
Another day, another LLF-related meeting… I’ve been to many of these over the years, several with whichever bishops were designated ‘lead bishop’, and one memorable gathering with Justin Welby when…| sharedconversations
I am running out of titles, as another year of the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) process approaches its end; in last year’s autumn update I shared some of the dates but it has all become far more complicated … Continue reading →| sharedconversations
Not everything was bad at the session of General Synod last weekend. When someone asked me how I was, I replied 'I feel like the violinist in the orchestra on the Titanic. The music is going very well!' There was an important discussion about 'rest periods for office holders' (C of E language for vicars| Psephizo
Delegates participate in antiracism training| Reformed Church in America