Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may by you be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen #stirupmonday

It would be funny to say “glad I got out when I did!” if I weren’t actually genuinely and increasingly concerned for the safety of my former colleagues

The politics of drawing a moral line: When we need to call out racism for what it is open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

It just seems to be a fixed feature of media culture that newsdesks + subs can do "protests anticipated" & "protests continue/swell" but will never put "protests shrink" even when they do So there is a chasm between the framing/headlines & the live reporting of smaller protests than before

(on a personal note it's quite striking how quickly I've gone from "generally a bit of a pinko on defence issues" to "and could I just do a monthly direct debit to BAE Systems, would that help")

One lad who'll risk their life going across the English Channel in a dinghy in the hope of some shit minimum wage job instead of living at the absolute bottom rung of the capitalist exploitation ladder is worth a 1000 commentators who keep trying to tell you to give in to fascism just a little bit

1 Happy are they who have not walked in the counsel of the wicked, * nor lingered in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seats of the scornful! 2 Their delight is in the law of the LORD, * and they meditate on his law day and night.

Canadian things you can watch next Sunday that are just as good as the Super Bowl, if not better: 1) Meetings of Parliament's Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations 2) #1 but watch it with the audio feed of the other official language YOU'RE WELCOME.

Because the Lord is not interested in, has never been interested in, was born, died, and was crucified without any interest in "basic common sense." "Basic common sense" is our fetish, not His. He came to heal the sick and wake up the dead.

On Crucifying the Desires of the Flesh open.substack.com/pub/bencrosb...

Jesus is Lord and Caesar is not.

Please believe me when I say that at a local level we are all trying our best to make churches safe places for people to flourish. Your average parish priest is doing everything they can.

the gospel makes real claims and demands; the gospel is good news to the poor and liberation to captives or it is no gospel.

“…there is no justification — short of denial of the incarnation — in scripture or in the teaching of any great theologian in Christian history for breaking communion, even if we believe that our Church has taken a seriously wrong step.” www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Happy St Stephen's Day to all deacons!

HM The King is the only political leader I completely believe is sincere when speaking of Christian faith. “The example that Jesus gave us is timeless and universal. It is to enter into the world of those who suffer, to make a difference to their lives, and so bring hope where there is despair.

First #clergymaltclub (and a reminder of the old life!)

Ok, if you’re a small artist/creator with an online shop, post it in the replies here. If you’re not, repost this and with any luck the people gift hunting will find the gift makers. Let’s go!

When our theology and politics as Christians are completely preoccupied with how other people might be sinning rather than focusing on how our own sin contributes to the current problems of our world, that is when we know our religion is about control rather than redemption.

1/18 I don't want to enter the argument about assisted dying on one side or the other, but the debate prompted me to say something about parliamentary procedure in making legislation. I am often a critic of current legislative procedure, but here I want to defend some aspects.

COMPETITION: I’ve got three copies of Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors to give away. RT this before 10am on Monday. I’ll randomly pick three people from the RTs, and I’ll sign and post a book to the winners. Perfect 🎁

@ Anglicans on BlueSky. Here’s research done by Church of England General @synod member Nic Tall to help you make your mind up about the truth of the figures quoted in the Alliance’s letter. viamedia.news

Spending on MPs' expenses and staff costs amounts to about £150m each year (0.01% of all spending). Why do people think that MPs' expenses are in the top three spending items, when they're not in the top three hundred?

“Following Christ and discerning the ongoing work of the Holy Spirit should be about discovering just and generous forms of life here and now that bear witness to and prefigure the new creation.” comment.org/the-conversi...

In a shameless attempt to grow my following on here, I'm going to be giving away a GE2024 poster to one lucky winner who retweets this post (and is following) in 24 hours time. Best of luck!

You’ll never guess what the starting rate of tax was in 1945 Armando

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Duty done #dogsatpollingstations #annoyinglyuncooperativedogsatpollingstations #sighthoundsfordemocracy

Enjoying the cricket.

Decorations removal: know the law