Giles Fraser UnHerd The battle to believe in God
“Don’t kid yourself that atheism is a modern invention — it’s as old as religion”
Meg Munn Chair of the National Safeguarding Panel Complaints
Giles Goddard ViaMedia.News Inside, Outside – XR, Church & Change
The following two articles follow on from the Church Times article by Philip North that I linked to last week.
Ian Paul Psephizo Do we need to take Jesus to our urban areas?
Philip North Psephizo On taking Jesus to our urban areas: a response
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Church as a Refuge. Reflections on a proposed Conference
Savi Hensman Equal Relationships, 40 years on
Ian Blair ViaMedia.News Remembrance, Inclusion & Identity
Laudable Practice Praying for the parish is more important that praying for the diocese
41 CommentsStephen Parsons Surviving Church Establishment dynamics. How secrecy and defensiveness harm the Church.
Peter Leonard ViaMedia.News Remembering – An Active Choice?
Jayne Ozanne ViaMedia.News The All-Seeing Eye
Kate Wharton Single Minded The Billy Graham Rule
Philip North Church Times We don’t need to bring Jesus to urban estates
“The Church’s task is to demonstrate that he is already present, not to provide all the answers”
Sara Batts-Neale Church Times The tyranny of the perfect wedding
“Sara Batts-Neale’s ministry to her wedding couples extends to their bank balance”
Ian Paul Psephizo Is it time to scrap the ‘curacy’?
Andrew Lightbown theore0 Speaking of liturgy (and theological formation)
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church The Imagination Deficit. Bishops and Survivors
Peter Sheppard Catholic Herald Thousands of medieval churches face ruin. Who will save them?
David Walker ViaMedia.News The Fallout from Tribal Scrums
56 CommentsHelen King ViaMedia.News Safeguarding & Sexuality – Are We Throwing Money In the Right Direction?
Trevor Thurston-Smith The Pensive Pilgrim Ancient and Modern : When is church music ‘Good’?
Leo Benedictus The Guardian Churches in nightclubs and Anglican gyms: can the C of E win back city dwellers?
60 CommentsBosco Peters Liturgy A Schism’s Consecration
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Life after Trauma. Charities who work for peace and the healing of Survivors
David Ison ViaMedia.News Unity or Truth?
Julia Baird The Sydney Morning Herald In praise of the oddities and outliers resisting bonkers fundamentalism in Sydney
Rosalind Brown Church Times The lectionary silences women’s experiences
“It is time to make the stories of female biblical characters more visible during public worship”
Rosie Harper ViaMedia.News “Don’t Go Listening to Lies….”
Stephen Kneale Christian Today Is your church too dependent on charitable status?
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Open Letter to Keith Makin re: John Smyth Review
30 CommentsPeterson Feital ViaMedia.News Toxic Masculinity and the Church
Ian Paul Psephizo Should clergy count their days and hours?
Eve Poole Church Times How to break free from a culture of overwork
“Christians must model a different way of living, says Eve Poole. Help is at hand from Oscar Wilde and the latest research”
Joel Hollier The Guardian I’m gay, married, and not leaving my church
Paul Bayes ViaMedia.News The Rainbow of Non-violent Advocacy
10 CommentsIan Blair ViaMedia.News On Brexit, Becket and Signs of the Times
Janet Fife Surviving Church The Gospel, Victims and Common Worship pt 2
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Crowd Psychology and the Church
Archdruid Eileen The Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley The Mathematics and Psychology of the Peace
Jayne Ozanne ViaMedia.News Identity Depression & the Church’s Culpability
Felicity Cooke and Lizzie Taylor WATCH Trust and Transparency: Essentials for Mutual Flourishing
Loretta Minghella gave this talk (a 31 minute audio) at the WATCH AGM earlier this month.
1 CommentStephen Parsons Surviving Church The Jonathan Fletcher story continues
Martyn Goss Modern Church Faith, belief and climate justice
Peter Leonard ViaMedia.News Power, Men & Politics
Lambeth Conference Eamonn Mullally shares his hopes for the Lambeth Conference
20 CommentsColin Coward Unadulterated Love The 40th anniversary of a feral priest’s priesting
Janet Fife Surviving Church The Gospel, Victims and Common Worship
Sarah Mullaly, the Bishop of London, preached this sermon at the annual Judges Service in Westminster Abbey yesterday.
“Justice in the Bible has less to do with the conviction of the guilty and more to do with the care of the innocent.”
Rachel Mann Church Times How Life of Brian drew me to Christianity
“Church leaders who condemned the film on its release 40 years ago missed its evangelistic potential”
Michael Sadgrove Woolgathering in North East England On Books, Waves and Not Getting Angry with Rascals
Andrew Lightbown Theore0 That under her we may be godly and quietly governed.
Church Times Leader Under judgment
1 CommentWesley Hill The Living Church Bibles for the Ages
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Long-term effects of Church Abuse
Helen King ViaMedia.News Wider Still & Wider…
17 CommentsStephen Parsons Surviving Church Keith Makin and the Smyth review.
David Ison ViaMedia.News An Anglican Communion at a Crossroads?
5 CommentsJanet Fife Surviving Church Bishops-Free from the ‘bondage of corruption’?
Jeremy Pemberton From the Choir Stalls On Not Sharing the Peace
Michael Sadgrove Woolgathering in North East England Called to the Priesthood, Called to be Lay
Meg Munn Chair of the National Safeguarding Panel Focus on prevention
Paul Bayes ViaMedia.News The (Rebel) Alliance of Allies
28 CommentsStephen Parsons Surviving Church Truth and Integrity in Politics and Religion
Rosie Harper ViaMedia.News Shhh….It’s Secret!!
Philip Welsh Church Times Give parents room to breathe at baptisms
“The promises demanded in Common Worship are too didactic, argues Philip Welsh. A small act of rebellion is required”
Nick Baines Church Times What is truth, when we have a PM who lies?
“Trust is a casualty of this political crisis, says Nick Baines. The consequences could be far-reaching”
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Who is my enemy? When the Church needs to listen better.
Wyn Beynon Inclusive Church Male Headship and Patriarchal Theologies
74 CommentsGilo Surviving Church Safeguarding the Secrets Pt 2 (NST)
David and Yvonne Shemmings Community Care Learning from survivors of church sexual abuse
Trevor Thurston-Smith The Pensive Pilgrim Collective Sin and Mrs Cook
Stephen Kneale Building Jerusalem If you really want to be a resource church, send your trainees to those best placed to train them
21 CommentsRachel Mann Church Times We should embrace our oddness
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Traumatising Narcissism, Survivors and Sexual Abuse
Mark Vernon Christian Today William Blake: The Christian prophet determined to open our immortal eyes
1 CommentMartin Sewell Archbishop Cranmer Nobody knows Nobody’s Friends
Karen Swallow Prior Christianity Today Screens Are Changing the Way We Read Scripture
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