May the Lord grant Sarah wisdom, grace and courage in this new role #newarchbishop www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-an...

"I am beyond delighted at the appointment of Bishop Sarah Mullalley as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. "She has had an unswerving commitment to building strong ecumenical relationships across the churches and has committed significant time to the vital cause of church unity 📷 credit cte.org.uk

Good to spend time at The Hayes with people involved in ecumenical spaces across England for the last few days @churchesengland.bsky.social #ecumenical #mission

'Discipleship is quite simply the extended training in being dispossessed. Unless we learn to relinquish our presumption that we can ensure the significance of our lives, we are not capable of the peace of the kingdom.’ S. Hauerwas, 1983, The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics.

Very good to be at Wydale Hall teaching on the @arthurrankcentre.bsky.social and @methodist.org.uk course on rural mission and ministry. And gorgeous sunshine! @churchesengland.bsky.social #ecumenical #mission

"The Creed as Lived Reality" An autumn webinar from the Society for Ecumenical Studies on Wednesday 15 October at 7.30 pm A conversation between @oikoumenewcc.bsky.social President Rev Dr Susan Durber and Rev Prof Paul Fiddes @ox.ac.uk cte.org.uk/sfes-cree... #Nicaea2025

Good final day at the Love Rural conference with rich conversations #mission #ecumenical

Good to be at the Love Rural Mission conference in Bury St Edmunds for the next few days @churchesengland.bsky.social @arthurrankcentre.bsky.social @ruralmissions.bsky.social @methodist.org.uk

We would love you and your church to join the global call to #PrayForPeace in the Middle East this Sunday, 21 September. cte.org.uk/middle-east-... Thank you to Rev Meelis Suld from the Council of Lutheran Churches in Great Britain for his organisation's support #ChuchesTogether #PrayTogether

This is amazing....

Good to witness the anti-racism, anti-fascism, solidarity with Palestine gathering at Westminster yesterday on my way to Lambeth where good conversations and good canapés built deeper relationships #ecumenical

I'm off to London today for the ecumenical leaders reception at Lambeth Palace with the Bishop of Europe and other friends... #ecumenical

Today we're sharing 3 perspectives from @churchesengland.bsky.social Principal Officers on 'The Quiet Revival' + other recent reports about church growth Are our Member Churches flourishing and/or fading? cte.org.uk/flourishi... by Mission & Evangelism specialist, Ben Aldous @jazzgoat.bsky.social

John 3:8 "The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

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#nowplaying The London Philharmonic Orchestra "Funk The 5th"

"Our work is about being relentless in the search: finding the young person who’s become disconnected, rebuilding trust, and unlocking the door to learning again." Read the full intro to today's #EducationSunday theme 'Lost and Found' by Rev Viviene Royal cte.org.uk/app/uploa...#EducationSunday #PrayTogether

Lovely walk on Woodbury Common...

There are now close to 150 MAs, DMins and PhD's in our mission research library dating from 2000 onwards. Authored a MA or PhD over the last few years around the broad topics of mission, evangelism or church planting? #mission #ecumenical @churchesengland.bsky.social cte.org.uk/mission/rese...

Buy something beautiful today #art #joy www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Rita...

In this month’s CTe-News are some really heart-warming stories of #ChristianUnity working in towns and villages And read the thoughts about #TheQuietRevival from my colleagues @jazzgoat.bsky.social @doralh.bsky.social @shermarafh.bsky.social #ChurchesTogether

Delighted to be an associate supervisor at @westcotthousecam.bsky.social #ecumenism #mission #theologies @churchesengland.bsky.social

My review for ‘Theology’ 2025 (July Aug) of ‘Lived #Mission in the 21st Century: #Ecumenical and #Postcolonial Perspectives’ edited by Benjamin Aldous (@jazzgoat.bsky.social), Harvey Kwiyani, Peniel Rajkumar, and Victoria Turner.

I have been genuinely touched by the kindness of Taiwanese theologian Rev. Dr. Huang, Po Ho who has been corresponding with me via email about the life and influences upon C.S Song for my upcoming book. The global theological arena can be a place of kindness and true collegiality. #writing #mission

Very good to meet with Fr Dragos Herescu representing the Romanian Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to begin the process of membership into CTE with General Secretary Bishop @mikearoyal.bsky.social #Orthodox #ecumenical

This week I will be mostly reading Peter C Phan... #Asia #C.S.Song #missiontheology #newbook #ecumenical

Quite wonderful...

Fabulous

Very grateful to @grahamkings.bsky.social for a kind review of our book. 'This creatively radical book is ecumenical, prophetic, refreshing, representative and engaging.' Read more here #mission #ecumenical journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

It's wonderful when you work with a doctoral students over 4 years and they progress in the depth of their writing and reflection. I'm reading a close to final draft of a DProf that is really good! #Doctorallife #writing

The glorious East Devon Way for 25 kilometres today with my 13 year old son #Walking #EastDevonWay

I would buy this album in a heartbeat (@fakemusic_br instagram) #funk #acdc

This is going to be a great day. Join me and friends to think more deeply about mission in Britain today...

Are you a theological educator? Working for a diocese in some capacity? Or a national church with a portfolio for mission? Or an interested clergy or lay person? Join me for this great day #mission #ecumenical

Final day in lovely Salisbury @sarumcollege.bsky.social -

Lovely day of teaching, writing and reflecting at @sarumcollege.bsky.social today...

It's good to be at @sarumcollege.bsky.social in Salisbury for their summer school. Looking forward to sharing tomorrow on missio Dei in global perspective - and a lovely view from my room!

A new summer track up - enjoying some mini studio time #jazzy #electronic #funk soundcloud.com/jazzgoat-162...

On his birthday, your annual reminder that Napoleon gave up politics to become Rod Stewart.

A timely reminder...

Today I discovered, in my electronic files, my first ever piece published by @thetimes.com in March 2008 - 17 years ago! Life was very different then...

The Unification of Cherubim and Seraphim Churches, one of Nigeria’s oldest African-initiated Christian movements, is celebrating a double anniversary. It was founded 100 years ago, and began in the UK 65 years ago cte.org.uk/cherubim-and...

Are you a theological educator? Working for a diocese in some capacity? Or a national church with a portfolio for mission? Or an interested clergy or lay person? Join me for this great day #mission #ecumenical

Delighted to become an associate postgraduate supervisor at @westcotthousecam.bsky.social in Cambridge and look forward to working with some interesting PhD students #mission #postgraduate #theology www.westcott.cam.ac.uk/about-us/who...

14 miles of glorious walking on the Dartmoor way with child no 3 #Dartmoorway #walking

Anita Malfatti (1889-1964) celebrated Brazilian artist known for her pioneering Modernist painting in Brazil #womensart

Other brilliant things from my wife can be found be www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Rita...