Thinking Anglicans

Opinion – 25 February 2026

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

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Opinion – 21 February 2026

Mark 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

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Opinion – 18 February 2026

Helen 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”?

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Opinion – 14 February 2026

Mark 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

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Opinion – 7 February 2026

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

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Opinion – 4 February 2026

Gavin 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

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Opinion – 31 January 2026

Mark 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

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Opinion – 28 January 2026

Helen 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

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Opinion – 24 January 2026

Mark 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

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Opinion – 17 January 2026

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?

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Opinion – 14 January 2025

Michael 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?

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Opinion – 10 January 2026

Helen 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?

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Opinion – 3 January 2026

Neil 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”

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Opinion – 31 December 2025

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.

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Opinion – 24 December 2025

Lucy 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?

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Opinion – 17 December 2025

Mandy 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

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Opinion – 13 December 2025

Keith 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

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Opinion – 6 December 2025

Diocese 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

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Opinion – 29 November 2025

Helen 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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Opinion – 26 November 2025

The Presidential Address to the Chelmsford Diocesan Synod, 22 November 2025 by the Rt Rev’d Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford

The Church Mouse The Church of England attempts to define doctrine

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