Andrew Goddard Psephizo Canterbury tales: what happens next?
Neil Patterson and Helen King Together for the Church of England Together write to the House of Bishops
“concerns about those excluded from the discernment process and ordination training due to their marital status”
Marcus Walker The Critic Anglican churchgoers need the Real Thing
“The Church of England is falling behind because we’re serving such thin gruel”
Michael Hampson ViaMedia.News We used to Have Liturgy: Now we Have Bureaucracy
Patterson and King: ‘Across the Church of England are a significant number of faithful disciples who feel called to explore ordained or licensed ministry, but are currently unable to do so because they are married to a person of the same sex, or intend to be so…’ A vocations drought, or even crisis, isn’t sufficient to dictate the re-evaluation of church doctrine and associated discipline, though, is it? To claim to be ‘married’ to a person of the same sex is an act of faithlessness to the church’s teaching. This is a manifestly reasonable reason for being precluded from consideration… Read more »
Michael Hampson talks about several things, but one of them is “Sunday Scriptures for Reading Aloud”. Does anyone know any more about this? I could find no information on the linked website ssra.uk indicating who is responsible for the translation, for example, and what their credentials are. The passage quoted in the article looks rather like a paraphrase, and carrying slightly different nuances than the the other two versions quoted.
SSRA is Michael’s project, and there is an element of simplification/paraphrase. It has been discussed/recommended in several places, from the website of Blackburn diocese (https://www.blackburn.anglican.org/new-website-resource) to the Church Times (https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/21-october/comment/columnists/angela-tilby-scripture-is-to-be-read-and-heard)