Imagine if 9-5 jobs came with injury time. As if it’s so likely you’d get injured at work they plan for how you make up the time. #Euros

Today’s session about Honest Church prompted us to think deeply about trans* experience. The loveliness of the setting and the weather stands in such contrast to the pain inflicted on these precious children of God. Which only brings the absurdity of rejection and cruelty into sharper focus.

Arrived on Holy Island for a Community of the Cross of Nails retreat. Not here for birdwatching, honest. But the weather is SO nice and the birdsong is incredible!

Please consider signing up for this amazing creative writing workshop (!) by the frabjous @clareshawpoet.bsky.social … in support of the #trans community and @goodlawproject.org in particular… honoured that the title is taken from one of my poems. #poetry #writing #literature

Donald Trump is no longer the most powerful American in the world... #LeoXIV

It was really hard to get a good picture but the Coventry Trans* rights protest was an intense and thoughtful experience with some brilliant speakers.

In this toxic culture war, so many people are looking for hope. We want the Green Party to solidly be leading that fight. #transwomenarewomen #transrightsarehumanrights #greenparty

Barista: what name? Me: Naomi Barista: (corrects me) Niomi… how do you spell that

Join us at 12 noon for a service to mark the #TransDayofVisibility with SCM's wonderful Trans* Theology Group: buff.ly/FMmEylb

@katemassey77 'Women are not another minority in @churchofengland, we are a majority. And female clergy don't just face unconscious bias but legal discrimination' www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dxw... Come to #NotEqualYet conference & help bring this to an end www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/not-equal-....

We've not one, but two new blog reviews up on the website! See if you recognise one of the authors 😉 Head to movement.org.uk/blog to check out our members' reviews of Lectio Divina by Barbara Birch, and Simple, Generous, Open, by Charlotte Gale ➡️

A beautiful day to be in Oxford. I’ve been on a panel talking about the discrimination that women in ministry still experience and it’s intersection with LGBTQ+ affirmation. What if one day we didn’t have anything left to say and could just enjoy the sunshine? #NotEqualYet #IWD

Did you know a big part of SCM's work is supporting student-led communities across the country?! Well, now you do, and you're about to get to know them better! 😍 Welcome to the first "Spotlight on...", featuring the lovely @SCMExeter! ✨

🏳️‍⚧️The Trans* Theology Group are looking for your help!🏳️‍⚧️ For Trans* Day of Visibility 2025, the Trans* Theology Group are looking for participants to help them in making a short video to recognise the joy in being trans* and Christian. Want to know more? Swipe to find out!

It is not about learning to live with different points of view, it is about real human beings who are being daily hurt by the church. When this process started it was with an apology to LGBTQ+ people, where has that compassion gone? #synod

I’m curious about whether progressive folk are contributing to the CNC call for input on the +ABC. Is it something we can make a difference with?

When late to a doodle poll the pressure to pick the most popular date is very strong.

Doing an online event on Immaculate Forms later this month: modernchurch.org.uk/events/immac...

I never met Geoffrey Tattersall, but I feel such sadness at his death. Watching the llf debates online the SCM staff came to adore him, a good and faithful servant with a beautiful lightness of touch which never undermined the seriousness of the debates. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

Happy New Year!! Heres to creating community, celebrating diversity, deepening faith, and seeking justice in 2025 🎉 Catch up with our New Year Letter: https://buff.ly/3VShJMB 🌈

“Every night without fail, a mobile phone rings in the Holy Family church in Gaza, and a parish priest answers. The voice at the end of the line is that of Pope Francis”. www.ft.com/content/03ea...

A gift for Christmas Eve from a member St Clare’s. #cofepeeps #narthex

I bought a ruinously expensive new tree stand. It is miraculous. About 5 seconds to put the tree up. (Krinner in case you were wondering)

There is something pretty sickening about MPs receiving a report highlighting medical misogyny on the same day as the Health Secretary chooses to reinforce medical transphobia.

NEW on the SCM blog: Tim Judson on why 'Ethics' by Bonhoeffer matters, as we publish a new edition this month with a foreword by Sam Wells scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/blog/why-thi...

The contents ‘page’ of my thesis is now three full pages. What made this internal processor with a bad over summarising habit think a phd would be a lark it remains hard to know. Actually nearly there though!

This is so important. In my years of working with clergy I saw them flogging themselves to deliver growth, yet when invited to talk about church decline without fear, they leaned in, creative and excited, as if it was the truth of their calling. thisestate.blogspot.com/2024/12/why-...

For our Christmas Appeal this year we're raising money for Movement Magazine, our amazing student-led magazine that comes out twice a year. We are so proud of it, but we need your help to keep it going! 🎁 Find out more and donate: https://buff.ly/3ZcKiFx

humans can build beautiful things. we should do it more often.

St Clare’s gazing card sighting in the wild!

Coming soon... #AffirmingChristianity #ProgressiveEvangelism

"The results of this month's US elections left many of us feeling anxious, concerned, and despondent. I want to present three ways that we can respond in our own contexts." Read William's blog over at https://buff.ly/3VgjBOT

Never has anyone been more proud of their napkin purchasing than me right now #booklaunch

Theology students & book lovers. We have a large range of high quality secondhand theology books for sale at St Clare’s, all priced much lower than Amazon. Spread the word 😊 #books #theology #cofe stclaresatthecathedral.org/product/qual...

Lots of people talking about their books, so I thought I’d mention mine 😊. If you want to read about a story of mission in the progressive church, it’s currently available on Eden for £12.02 with free delivery #cofepeeps www.eden.co.uk/christian-bo...

Get ready for our #DisabilityHistoryMonth x Honest Church pop-up! As well as toolkits to help communities consider their welcome for disabled people, we’ll be sharing stories from our disabled members, & resources to help you explore disability theology. Find out more at https://buff.ly/4hZ3NtE 📚

We have exciting plans this #DisabilityHistoryMonth: watch this space! One thing we're still after is stories of disability inclusion done badly or well in church spaces - maybe a church said they were accessible but don't have a wheelchair accessible toilet, maybe it was something to do with

So happy to see GB here!

🏳️‍⚧️The Little Book of Trans Theology, Affirmation, and Joy is now available on our website!✨ Full of resources to support you in creating an affirming space, questions to help with reflection, and shared experiences. Head to https://buff.ly/4aQm8FO or the link in our bio to access it! 📖

Adrian Thatcher writes #CofEpeeps modernchurch.org.uk/no-lessons-l...

Hood not 100% functional

I genuinely just had an excited feeling because we are going to Costco later

Does anyone else get a bit giddy emailing clergy you’ve long admired and now have totally ordinary reasons to be in contact with?

The bake off gâteux are giving me life.

Another day another new social media account. So far my feed is mostly cats. Not really a cat person but not fundamentally opposed…