I've spent the last four hours writing one paragraph on my thesis. Please tell me this is normal 😭 #StudentLife #Doctorate

Just finished the e-version and WOW Insightful exploration of creation language in the Hebrew Bible. Very helpful for exploring ecotheology and responding to the climate crisis The Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, NonHumans and the Living Landscape by Mari Joerstad #booksky

Catching up with Only Connect and got this by clue two Never have I ever enjoyed getting a sequence right as much #90sPopCulture

'One of the saddest aspects of where we have reached as a Church, is the erosion of the witness of real lives and a disregard for the fear and distress our LGBTQI+ siblings live with' Excellent address on loving thy neighbour by +Newcastle www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/bishop-...

Such a gorgeous evening with some fabulous people, recording for BBC Radio 4xtra's Daily Services in Christmas week. Will also be broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester on Christmas Day Big recommend - the music was incredible!

Have managed to avoid the Black Friday sales but made use of the amazing 25% off interrail passes, ahead of a trip next year that has been in the planning for three years!! So excited!

This ongoing toxic discourse has multiple real-life, everyday consequences It leads to the man sitting next to me on a bus not accepting I'm from Manchester as I have 'dark skin' Declaring, while gesturing around the bus- 'you can fool all of them, but you can't fool me' It permits open racism

6pm on the 1st of December and I'm already out because the teenager apparently has never heard this long held, deeply important tradition #Whamageddon

📢What's on this week📢 Handel - Messiah Always one of the highlights of the Manchester Baroque season, Messiah is a wonderful way to mark the start of Advent and the festive season. 📌 Saturday 6th December, 7pm @mancathedral.bsky.social 🎟️ manchesterbaroque.co.uk/whats-on/han...

I spent a number of years as a HIV nurse. By then, the meds meant people could live full lives, but the stigma still existed. And access to preventative measures & meds varies This #WorldAidsDay, as I lead prayers at @mancathedral.bsky.social, I'll be praying for justice, awareness & reduced stigma

Enjoyed recording this one 'as live' with the Daily Service Singers. Reflecting on the call we all have to be active disciples in this season of expectant waiting #Advent BBC Radio 4 - Daily Service, Advent People - Emmanuel (Ahaz King of Judah) share.google/dzHeQwmT1iCq...

I'm on a bus and there's a toddler saying hello to everyone who embarks Everyone is saying a cheerful hello back A young couple are engaged in a lengthy game of peek a boo with her while others smile and watch Joy being shared by strangers A simple blessing on a dull, rainy Saturday afternoon

Was delighted that this was on the radio as I travelled this morning. Margery Kempe is such a fascinating woman www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

⚠️ Following yesterday’s announcement by the Home Secretary to radically overhaul the UK asylum system, we condemn in the strongest terms the proposals made. The scale and scope of the measures announced are abhorrent and represent a catastrophic threat to the right to refugee protection. 🧵1/4

A year ago today I embarked on a 30 hour coach trip to Berlin. Berlin was amazing, and despite seriously questioning my life choices on the bus more than once, it hasn't completely put me off long distance coach travel! #FlightFree #GreenTravel

Really enjoyed this gathering The best bit was, as I said in my talk, the recognition that a #NetZero world can improve our standards of living & wellbeing Not just by reducing bills, but also by sharing resources and connecting with our communities in ways that build friendship & neighbourliness

It's my rest day today and, apart from a long overdue coffee catch up with a friend, I think I'll binge watch Only Connect, presented by the most excellent Victoria Coren Mitchell

Love Timpsons. Once again the man in the shop fixed my beloved boots. He managed to find a workaround as one solution would have been, in his words, far too expensive Always great, always reliable. And the business model and ethics speak for themselves

I feel so incredibly sad and lament deeply the fact that the church I serve continues to hurt and harm my siblings in Christ This is a heart wrenching, beautiful, Jesus centred sermon that is well worth listening to #LoveIsLove youtu.be/LLM_J8YH8Fk?...

Shoutout to all those coming to the end of the night shift today. I've been there as a nurse, and that extra hour is a killer! #ClocksGoBack #WinterIsComing #ExtraHour #UK #England

This film needs to win ALL THE AWARDS EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. #ISwear

The retreat part of my Gladstone's stay ended with this Yehuda Amichai poem 'From the place where we are right Flowers will never grow in the Spring ... But doubts and loves Dig up the world Like a mole, a plow And a whisper will be heard in the place Where the ruined House once stood' #poetry

In the middle of a time of retreating and writing - staying at a rather good place for both

Phyllis Trible's work with the scriptures opened up all kinds of new possibilities and thinking for me, for which I am eternally grateful May she rest in peace and rise in glory 🙏🏽 myunion.utsnyc.edu/emailviewonw...

Prepped for our next Messy Church @mancathedral.bsky.social today. It includes a certain primary school banger

'...culturally coherent group of people' A sentiment that is both nonsensical and utterly chilling

Just finished. Kwiyani gives a comprehensive history of Christian mission His final chapter talks of the unease some have with the word 'mission', similar to Tuhiwai-Smith's (Decolonizing Methodologies) unease with 'research' -both terms so entrenched in imperialist practice Thought provoking read

So lucky to go on a tour of Salford Cathedral, as it comes near the end of its renovation As well as beautiful restoration, they have invested in ways to make the cathedral as sustainable as possible, whilst retaining the beauty of the heritage

My memories from 5yrs ago Between lockdowns & restrictions, my daughter loved playing for a local team. I felt so grateful to be freezing, standing in the muddy field It only happens because of the volunteers who keep turning up for the kids Huge shoutout for all they do 👏🏽 #grassroots #football

Some early morning reading #BookSky #Doctorate #Student #Decolonising #Mission Decolonizing Mission by Harvey C. Kwiyani

This morning I shared a thought about gentle leadership, and celebrated the power of the #introvert Always watch the person who says little in meetings. Their contributions, when made, are often the ones most worthy of attention Simone Riley - 12/10/2025 - BBC Sounds share.google/zcmg6svgZewZ...

A really good morning

Good morning! Definitely an autumnal feel to the air

Had the best time at the #PoweredByHope conference held by @christianaiduk.bsky.social So many brilliant speakers, reminding us to be witnesses to faithful, hopeful action and to challenge ourselves out of places of comfort. Thankful for the opportunity to lead the reflection for opening worship

Incredible news! Praise God #ArchbishopOfCanterbury news.sky.com/story/woman-...

Leading the lunchtime communion today at the cathedral was very emotional as we all prayed for our Jewish neighbours and for peace Utterly shocking and devastating attack on the most holiest of days in the Jewish Calendar. Beyond comprehension and deepest prayers go to those affected.

Statement from The Dean of Manchester and Chair of the Challenging Hate Forum I am shocked and saddened by the news of an attack on one of our local synagogues not far from Manchester Cathedral. Violence of any sort must be condemned in the strongest terms. 1/3

Loving this podcast presented by Azariah France Williams. Great local history #Manchester #Hulme #History www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

As we mark the start of #BlackHistoryMonth, may we recall as Christians we are not following secular society but the other way round! The scriptures are clear: God has designed a world with racial diversity as gift to make the world & Church better now, and a foretaste of what heaven will be like.

I'm currently in a '90s club classics' phase As all those on the lower deck of the No.8 bus this morning found out when I (once again) didn't realise my Bluetooth had disconnected 😬

Two years of 'Missionering' at the cathedral. Deo gratis

A fantastic achievement and a first for @mancathedral.bsky.social!

In news that I know will divide my followers, I am beyond excited for breakfast today I'd been bemoaning the fact that this had been stopped last year. A colleague spotted it a couple of days ago (apparently it's been restarted) and bought me a jar I have the best work colleagues

Just a reminder that the same man who stood at the UN yesterday and called climate change "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world", also cited climate change in a planning application for works needed to protect his golf course #ClimateChangeIsReal www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Booked a birthday meal for son in a country pub with the aim of having a walk after Cue constant heavy rain, so cosy afternoon playing games in pub it is instead

Well said, Bishop Arun. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The ultimate comfort food #MonsterMunch #PickledOnion

I want to live in a world where leaders can - change their position following research and reflection - admit they don't know something but be willing to find out A world where entrenched positions are expected, and where leaders bluff out of fear of admitting they don't know, is a dangerous one

Enjoying writing a script for a webinar I'm delivering to church leaders in Finland - playing with some Jeremiah imagery, which has been really interesting Don't normally write a full script, but doing so for translation purposes - thankfully can deliver my talk in English!

'It is tempting in all of this to say ‘this is not who we are,’ as a country. But who we are is how we choose to act, in this moment, at this time. And this is, at least in part, who we are as a country.' Such a power thread and statement from a charity doing essential work in a hostile climate