Whatever you think the church's position on same-sex relationships should be, the decision-making of the House of Bishops shouldn't be informed by advice which tries to claim a consensus which doesn't exist, even among the theologians quoted supposedly in support of it.

A must read

Please support a worthwhile project by my mate Mark….

Wonderful initiative by my friend Mark If you can support the project please donate 👇🏾 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clcmemorial

'A church which accepts women’s inequality as either desirable, inevitable, or a price worth paying is always going to reflect a distorted image of the God who loves all people equally & calls people to all varieties of ministry, irrespective of gender...' www.womenandthechurch.org/blog/b2jbirm...

New book out now from @clarethetheologian.bsky.social and @drjamesb.bsky.social. Christian Faith and Christian Learning is a theological action research journey which offers a practical–theological response to the question of how Christian faith is learnt and handed on in everyday life.

No cannons were harmed in the making of this measure - Paul Waddell, brilliant

….whatever happened to silence in libraries?🤷🏾‍♂️ Or libraries being silent spaces… Is silence now the last taboo

@scmpress.bsky.social - it’s not helpful that I cannot go on to order this book having read the blog. Pls fix this usability issue. Thank you.

@frsimoncuff.bsky.social look what the postie brought along, one day late or I would have been at the launch 🤣

Delighted to say you can now pre-order Selina's next book here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033... Out in August #AHeavyYoke

“He fiddled with a Vatican tag on the handle of a suitcase. “I didn’t realize this!” he said. “This is from the conclave in 2013! I never removed it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...

New videos are added all the time to the St John's Timeline. Here's a snippet from Olabisi Obamakin on Afropean Women's Hermeneutics. Find out more about the timeline, and subscribe, at stjohnstimeline.hymnsam.co.uk

Here's lovely thing for a Wednesday morning. Fr Simon Cuff's beautiful reflections on priesthood is in. Perfect whether you have been a priest for years and need to remind yourself why, or you're only just feeling the nudge @frsimoncuff.bsky.social canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...

The steadfast love of the Lord is like the decimals of pi. It is irrational.

Just just up this up-zero that’s been lying around for 8+ years. Fired it up and it works. To think just how much computing power is ‘just lying’ around. We sure have come a long way from the ZX81.

I have a Waterman Kultur Fountain pen with a Fine nib, which appears to be making it quite scratchy on most papers. Pls what note pad can I but to get it writing smoothly?

Physical book shops are such an under appreciated oasis of calm. Pit stop before heading back into the scrum this AM.

'Even if what you’re writing is very personal to you, you can gain a lot by listening to others’ perspectives on it.' @wylmenmuir.bsky.social shares four tips for aspiring narrative non-fiction writers and memoirists.

Really please to have a chapter in this book. In it I develop the starting points of an ecclesiology of pioneer/fresh expressions starting from the spirituality of a number of missional communities. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the book too, which includes chapters from CMS colleagues.

Seeing Lennie James on the One Show now… wow he really inhabited the role of Walker in Mr Loverman. Such as different personality he is exuding in IRL. Respect ✊

Looking for ways to find time for your writing this busy festive season? Our founder Anna Davis shares her tips for making time to write and creating a writing routine that fits with your lifestyle. https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/blog/10-tips-to-find-time-for-writing-even-though-youre-busy

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This is fantastic! And the blurb doesn’t even include all the wonderful contributors! www.waterstones.com/book/catholi...

Oh wow; absolutely splendid, this is.

Just received my copy of this book, which includes my chapter: Is church planting a craft? Well done to Will Foulger, Josh Cockayne and Cranmer Hall for producing what I believe will be a core text for teaching church planting. Available from scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033... and Ama$on.

Psalm 127 in Morning Prayer with a strong reminder that rest is holy 'It is in vain that you hasten to rise up early and go so late to rest, eating the bread of toil♦ for he gives his beloved sleep' #Rest

Well this is exciting! Me and @aare.bsky.social have a little chapter in here sharing why we think Community Organising is a rich resource for church planting.

I am thrilled to share that @mkcatherinebutt.bsky.social and I have a chapter in this. In it we reflect on our experience of starting new worshipping communities around the nexus between community organising and church planting…well worth a read!

Very excited about @andyshamel.bsky.social ‘s book “Theology and the Mythic Sensibility” published by Cambridge University Press, is out now! Do look out for it if you’re going to AAR.

@revjodystowell.bsky.social hello! Remember me from the coach ride to York Minster in July? 🤣

Coming soon on Start the Week - women’s bodies and Christianity with me, Diarmaid MacCulloch and Ruth Padel www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Uncorrected bound proofs are here - UK publication date for Immaculate Forms is 5 September. History of the body in 4 parts: breasts, clitoris, hymen, womb.

The premise of the marshmallow test is flawed…

🎹🎶Odun yii a y’abo ko ni le ko ko mo mi…🎶🎼🎹

Christingles time

When you tell everyone you don’t eat sugar then manage to break the sugar jar on the day you take sugar just for the taste….