This is the first in a series of articles I am co-writing with @revdrlily.bsky.social. Please read the preface. More shall follow in March as we will both be very busy in the coming weeks. #church #evangelicalism #anglican #thought #theology open.substack.com/pub/jacksaid...

A little something to chew on over a bottle of wine after Sunday worship services. For some, perhaps. astro.theoj.org/article/1558...

Remember not, Lord Christ, our offenses, nor the offenses of our forefathers

Here's a lovely English Bible for the day. https://thatguywiththebooks.com/products/the-holy-bible-containing-the-old-testament-and-the-new-bound-with-the-book-of-common-prayer-bound-with-the-apocrypha-bound-with-the-whole-book-of-psalms-collected-into-english-metre-1660-1671-1660-1676

Internships are now available with the Cornish Jackdaw Project! 🐦‍⬛ Duties will include assisting with nest monitoring, bird ringing, data entry, and the potential to help with ongoing research projects.

I have locked my Twitter account in advance of shutting it down on Monday. I’ve found BlueSky to be much more conducive to thoughtful discourse, while still being open to raging, sweary posts about serious criminality in politics. Better balance.

@revdrlily.bsky.social already told me. You’re still great, Neil but she beat you to it.

❤️‍🔥💋🙏 Likewise, my darling.

It is rather typical of the American evangelical wing to engage in this chest-beating defence of that which is indefensible. The sheer arrogance to assume that the Church was only truly enlightened and “correct” when Knox came into view is remarkable.

My boy Jack took the wicket with this: jacksaid.substack.com/p/love-and-m...

Have a blessed Lord's Day everyone. The Gospel for this morning is from the second chapter of St. Matthew beginning at the 13th verse.

..., and constancy of our faith, even unto death, we may glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. (2/2)

This morning is the Collect for the Innocents O Almighty God, who out of the mouths of babes and sucklings haste ordained strength, and madest infants to glorify thee by their deaths: Mortify and kill all vices in us, and so strengthen us by thy grace, that by the innocency of our lives... (1/2)

If you can tell me what this is and what it describes, I shall offer you a prize of incredible value - possibly even from Gregg's. I feel odd posting something so obvious, however jackwritesthings.bsky.social told me if I want to make use of this account I - apparently - need to post items.