Previously heard the term "radical inclusion" bandied by conservatives as way of saying we include in some ways but not in others. Slightly dubious hearing it at #synod as to what people really mean by it...

Not convinced reconciliation will happen in @churchofengland.org. Each time it moves towards inclusivity, conservatives threaten to withhold money and to take legal action. Equality gets kicked into the long grass and #LGBT+ people continue to suffer and hurt. Why stay in a church like that? #synod

Simon Friend encouraging us to look at the way the church treats its most vulnerable members #LLF #synod

Simon Friend "This now looks like persecution". Well said. #synod

Watching General #Synod isn't conducive to low blood pressure! 😂

‘How dare you make LGBTQI people take part in this facetious charade.... We are once again the acceptable sacrifice' Charlie Bączyk-Bell #LLF #synod

Apparently conservatives suffer because they don't like accusations of homophobia + dislike divide. They do have a choice to be more accepting. They do have a choice not to ostracise+to act differently. A persecutor-martyr attitude asking for pity as they attack others for who they are. #synod #LLF

Husband has blessed a signpost but the @churchofengland.org can't allow the blessing of two human beings... What a terrible example it sets. No wonder so many are leaving. #synod #LLF.

Coming to the #LLF #synod debate an hour late. I imagine it's going to be grim.

Very much agree and don't the #bishops understand democracy? If something's been passed in a clerical "parliament" the vote should be honoured and acted on. I don't suppose my young LGBT+ relative will be coming back to church anytime soon... #synod #LLF.

This is very powerful.

Devon's a wonderful county to live in! 😀

Good to see you on this platform @cofedevon.bsky.social

I saw no Christian grace in the dreadful BBC interview with Susie Leafe. #ArchbishopOfCanterbury

Many congratulations to +Sarah. She was our wonderful suffragan Bishop for a while. Brilliant appointment @churchofengland.org

The builders are all disappearing for a week's holiday next week. At least we'll get some space. They've left the old downstairs loo in our front garden. Lovely... #Quinquennial #VicarageLife... 🤣

Strange how some people don't realise a vicar works on a Sunday! Duh!

@theguardian.com - If you're going to talk about Waterloo to Exeter line and South Western Railway how about using a picture of that line and the correct railway company. The photo is near Dawlish - on a different trainline and of a CrossCountry train! Sloppy! 😂 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Being called to the Father’s House is such a poignant touching description.

Many #clergy crash after Easter. Be kind to yourselves.

Love a bit of "See what a morning" on Easter Sunday. He is risen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kDC...

On the Jeremy Vine show today people saying how many want to be given mental health labels. An unethical therapist tried to do that to me once. Thankfully I I got away from her and found someone else to help me heal. Rather not be inappropriately pigeonholed. 😀

For anyone who's lost a sibling in mid-life Jeremy Vine has been talking about it on R2 since 1pm...

What's the seven year equivalent of a quinquennial?

Shame the debate on diocesan finances was moved to the end of #synod rather than debated this morning as timetabled. No point spending hrs debating CNCs if dioceses start going bankrupt.

++Stephen talks about the five guiding principles. My opinion is they work for men with certain opinions but they're really about legalising discrimination against women. How like the C of E to legislate to include bigotry... #synod.

+Sarah defends women in the church. Well done and thank you for your heart-felt and emotionally real defence. #synod.

Brilliant opening speech by Alex Frost on Working Class ministry #synod...

Wonderful to catch sight of people I know at #Synod! So many memories 😀

Always good to hear and see +Sarah. She was an excellent local suffragan before moving on to higher things... #synod

I do hope the C of E continue to fund retirement housing for #clergy. It would be a major blow to many otherwise... #synod

Interesting q re gluten free wafers. Haven't taken communion since going gluten free. Does this merit a debate at synod - surely gf should be offered automatically #synod. I hardly think God will mind!

I long stopped going to church. With OH on his fourth #clergy post I got tired of the grief. Ironically we're in a really supportive set of parishes now but it got too much over the years. If a clergy spouse stops going, it's not surprising others have dropped out too... #synod

With the increase in part-time #clergy posts there'll be an inevitable discrimination against those without any other family income like pensions, another earner in the family, capital etc... #synod

Lovely to see my husband's second training incumbent - the charming and wonderful Douglas Dettmer - at #synod. I've also caught sight of the first which wasn't so pleasant... 🤣

Wondering how much stomach I've got for the #synod live-stream this week. It's like a food you know is bad for you but you keep going back... 🤣

dio-ceases or dio-sieze... ?? #synod...

I've yet to meet a male bishop who's demonstrated any degree of humility when I've seen them...🤣 #synod...

Walk into OH's study with a cheery hello and then realise he's on prayer Zoom. Initially grateful I didn't say anything rude but now wondering whether the s**t that came to mind in my hasty retreat was articulated or not...😂 #VicarageLife...

The orange one tries to score cheap points in the midst of tragedy. Prayers for families of those lost.

Not really appropriate for the clergy to swear an oath of obedience to any bishop when the episcopal office is increasingly in disrepute. We're not a feudal society any more... #ChurchofEngland...

Whilst all losing homes in LA deserve sympathy the press has mainly talked about celebrities. I've read nothing about ordinary people and the poor who will have lost disproportionately more...

TV tough choice tonight between The Traitors and final series of Vera...

Happy New Year! I hope 2025 brings hope for us all. 😀

OH starting last Christmas service. Rest of family crashed out in vicarage! 🎄

Happy Christmas everyone especially to #CofEPeeps who've been doing midnight services and not home till after 1am...

The lovely @sheldonretreat.bsky.social is now on here 😀

Wham 1205 2/12 Jeremy Vine...

Whilst a Masterchef presenter has potentially contributed to losing #MiddleClassWomanOfaCertainAge from viewing figures I would feel sorry for contestants of Professional Masterchef if the show is pulled as it's about their careers and getting themselves and their cooking known.

So if someone's a #MiddleClassWomanOfaCertainAge they're invisible and not worth listening to? Think the WI going for Tony Blair, think the Suffragettes and so much more and think again... 😀