Alan Rusbridger Prospect The Church of England is still treating gay people as second-class citizens
Chantal Noppen ViaMedia.News The Cost of Calling: Then and Now
11 CommentsMark Clavier Well-Tempered Formation in Faith (6): Learning to See Again
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church The Financial and Reputational Cost to the Church of England of Safeguarding Scandals
2 CommentsHelen King sharedconversations Consider the lilies: on changing one’s mind
Jo Stobart Like the Lorries… Ribbons – General Synod (February 2026)
Gavin Drake Church Abuse Why does the Church of England describe child abuse as an “intimate sexual relationship”?
20 CommentsMark Clavier Well-Tempered Formation for Faithfulness (5): Obstacles and Opportunities for Renewal
Nic Tall ViaMedia.News Leaving in Love and Faith?
David Nixon ViaMedia.News The Failure of Living in Love and Faith: a Glimpse of the Blindingly Obvious
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love
Guarding The Flock Misogyny Is Real, But It Cannot Be Used to Deflect Attention From Safeguarding Failures
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Thirsty for Hope – LLF and LGBTQIA+ diocesan pastors and chaplains and life in God’s field hospital
Mark Clavier Well-Tempered Formed for Faithfulness (4): When We Lost Our Story
Christopher Landau Church Times Time to review the Church of England’s digital communications
51 CommentsGavin Drake Church Abuse Delay and control: the problems with the Archbishops’ Council’s safeguarding plans
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Robert Thompson’s Homily at the launch of Together London
13 CommentsMark Clavier Well-Tempered Formed for Faithfulness (3): Anglicanism’s Long Retreat from Power
Robert Thompson ViaMedia.News Marriage, Sabbath, Creation and Resurrection: A Response to Martin Davie on Marriage, Creation, and Fulfilment
Andrew Brown Church Times When everything is ‘safeguarding’ no one is safe
56 CommentsHelen King sharedconversations Concluding without ending: what happens next with Living in Love and Faith?
Alice Goodman Prospect Clerical life: Jesus isn’t manly enough for the far right
Michelle Burns Guarding the Flock I Was a Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser: When a PR Firm Controls the Narrative, Truth Becomes Optional
91 CommentsMark Clavier Well-Tempered Formed for Faithfulness 2: The Turn Toward Managed Renewal
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Brave Deans and (mostly ) silent Bishops – Living in Love and Faith – time to find our voices and courage
Neil Patterson ViaMedia.News What is Anglican Sex Anyway?
Gavin Drake Church Abuse
Robert Thompson ViaMedia.News Marriage, Sabbath, Creation and Jesus’s Embodiment of Justice
Mark Clavier Well-Tempered Formed for Faithfulness: Recovering the Anglican Way of Life
Ian Gomersall A Retired Rector’s Reflections Asses and Bishops
Theo Hobson Me, a priest?
138 CommentsMichael Nazir-Ali The Catholic Herald My Journey to Full Communion with the See of Peter
Andrew Goddard Psephizo Running on empty in the PLF journey?
Gavin Drake Church Abuse Why are clergy discipline tribunals still exempt from the Freedom of Information Act?
18 CommentsHelen King sharedconversations What colour should it be? ‘Furthering’ Living in Love and Faith
Mark Clavier Well-Tempered 10 Lessons from 30 Years of Being a Priest
David Runcorn Inclusive Evangelicals Male and female he made them – celebrating one humanity, equal and different
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Music in the Worship of the Church. Cause of Unity or Division?
155 CommentsNeil Patterson ViaMedia.News A Tale of Two Reports
David Runcorn Inclusive Evangelicals No turning back – holding fast in a hesitant church
Paul Avis Church Times Ailing and failing: the Church of England has lost its way
“An institution that is marred by scandal and division needs to prioritise ethical thinking and acting”
Helen King sharedconversations The Third Province: Welcome to Mercia
Nick Tall ViaMedia.News The Archbishop and the Ballot Box: Why 2026 Will Be a Critical Year for the Church of England
Anonymous Surviving Church What about the Women? A Story of Spiritual Abuse of a female victim in the Conservative Evangelical constituency.
50 CommentsLucy Winkett The Observer Hands off our Christmas, Tommy Robinson
Peter Adams Talking Peace If the far right have parked their tanks on our front lawn, we need to get out and start the conversation!
Jonathan Clatworthy The point of it all Carol services and misleading bible readings
Andrew Anthony The Observer Sarah Mullally, archbishop of Canterbury
Ian Gomersall A Retired Rector’s Reflections Are LGBT people really welcome in the C of E?
320 CommentsMandy Ford Together for the Church of England Dean of Bristol sends message to the Bishops
Sermon preached by the Very Revd Mandy Ford at Canterbury Cathedral, 14th December 2025
Trevor Thurston-Smith The Pensive Pilgrim A Fearful House?
Alice Goodman Prospect Clerical life: We priests need our turnaround time to get our heads straight
106 CommentsKeith Mascord ViaMedia.News The Wholly Unnecessary Split in the Anglican Communion: A View from ‘Down Under’
an anonymous member of the Church of England Surviving Church A View from the Rural Pew
Peter Sherlock Heresy 1: On the marriage of the clergy
Church Times Leader comment: Category error? What is, or isn’t, a safeguarding matter
Stephen Kuhrt Safeguarding the Institution The impact of ‘Captain Darlings’ on the Church of England
24 CommentsDiocese of Newcastle Bishop Helen-Ann’s Presidential Address to Diocesan Synod
[This address refers to a motion on LLF at Newcastle diocesan synod; the motion is copied below the fold.]
Surviving Church A reply to Anon’s Reflections on the Safeguarding Failures and Delays in the C/E highlighted by the Charity Commission
Mark Clavier Well-Tempered Four Last Things
34 CommentsHelen King ViaMedia.News Safeguarding: How Can We “Learn Lessons” From the Read Sisters’ Case?
Mark Clavier Well-Tempered In Praise of Vicarages
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Tithing – A form of Manipulation?
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