Martyn Percy Anglicanism.org Dear Heart-broken, Dear Confused – Agony Aunts and Problem Pages as Implicit Religion
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Thinking about God and the challenge of evolution
Martine Oborne ViaMedia.News Thirty Years On
The Guardian Where is discrimination against women still allowed in the UK? The church
Kelvin Holdsworth What’s in Kelvin’s Head It was 30 years ago today…
100 CommentsMeg Munn Chair of the National Safeguarding Panel Consultation on Learning Lessons Case Reviews
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Freedom from power, control and abuse in congregational life
Johanna Stiebert ViaMedia.News Toxic Theology, the Bible and LLF (Living in Love and Faith)
Mark Bennet Surviving Church What is the purpose of it all? Some reflections on Safeguarding
Tim Wyatt Religion Media Centre Made in Hull: bishops appointed for breakaway Anglican church against same sex marriage
7 CommentsStephen Parsons Surviving Church When a Church becomes Cultic
Keith Elliott Church Times A revolutionary present
“Keith Elliott pleads for the Church to be bolder in talking about death, and life beyond”
Fergus Butler-Gallie Church Times Guy Fawkes reimagined: it was all about tolerance
“Fergus Butler-Gallie goes underground to recreate the Gunpowder Plot”
John Barton Church Times There are two ways to translate the Bible, and both are right
“Accuracy and literalness in biblical translation are not the same, says John Barton”
Updated to add Graham article
Martin Sewell Surviving Church “The sky is black with chickens coming home to roost”
Martin Barnes The Observer Let there be light: England’s Anglican cathedrals at dawn
“The late Magnum photographer Peter Marlow was granted the rare opportunity to capture 42 places of worship in the early hours, the results of which are now collected in an exhibition and book”
Nathanael Hayler ViaMedia.News Faith and Generosity in the Church: The Via Media, or Transphobia?
Graham Surviving Church A ‘Reflective Exercise’ on Proposed Change to Reviews
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Helen King ViaMedia.News Marry Me a Little?
Madeleine Davies Church Times The communion of saints
“For All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days, Madeleine Davies reflects on expectations of life after death”
Andrew Goddard Psephizo a series of three articles
1: Discernment and decision following Living in Love and Faith
2: What are the options after Living in Love and Faith?
3: What are the practical implications following Living in Love and Faith?
The three pieces are available together in this PDF document: LLF Discerning and Deciding Psephizo Articles.
Guli Francis-Dehqani ViaMedia.News Just Housing: A Christian Vision
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Some reflections on the recently published Final IICSA Report
Mark Fox Reaction Will Rishi Sunak want to appoint the Bishops?
Rosie Harper Anglicanism.org Did we die without noticing it?
31 CommentsSavitri Hensman ViaMedia.News Increasing Inclusion and Respecting Conscience: Learning from Elsewhere
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church ‘The Victim must be believed’. Some reflections on the Henriques (2016) Report
Looking down the wrong end of a Telescope. Further thoughts on PCR2
Jonathan Romain Church Times Standing on common ground
“Jonathan Romain finds clerical parallels in different faith traditions”
Meg Munn Chair of the National Safeguarding Panel Publication of Past Cases Review 2
William Lamb ViaMedia.News A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life: A Reprise
1 CommentJon Kuhrt Psephizo The Ecclesiastical Doughnut: is the Church of England ungovernable?
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Culture in the CofE according to Past Cases Review 2
Helen King sharedconversations Extending our search for the truth: reviewing Past Cases Review 2
Brenda Wallace ViaMedia.News A Peek under the Episcopal Carpet – Past Cases Review 2 and its Blind Spots
Colin Coward Unadulterated Love Global South responsible for creating a homophobic and transphobic movement
24 CommentsArchbishop Cranmer Bishops in the House of Lords keep ‘pure religion’ in public life
LGBTQ Faith UK Ministry to the Heartstopper generation
Joshua Askwith ViaMedia.News Risking Reputations: The Process of Reconciliation and Belonging through the Lens of Ruth
Anonymous Surviving Church The Conservative Party at Prayer
20 CommentsMartyn Percy Prospect With the Church of England dying, how much longer can we justify having bishops in the House of Lords?
“The Church of England could be extinct by the 2060s. That threatens to trigger a constitutional, as well as an existential, crisis”
Andrew Goddard Psephizo After Lambeth: what next for the Church of England?
Stephen H Surviving Church My Experience of Bullying in the Church
a first-time incumbent Church Times Do parishes really need thick-skinned priests?
“If the Church want responsive pastors, someone needs to warn them about bumps in the road”
Stephen Kuhrt psephizo How to encourage bullying in the Church
The Guardian C of E must welcome gay people or face questions in parliament, says MP
“Labour’s Ben Bradshaw says church is ‘actively pursuing a campaign of discrimination’ against lesbian and gay people”
Paul Wheatley The Living Church Why Study Biblical Languages?
Laudable Practice ‘Thou hast crowned the year with thy goodness’: Thanksgiving for Harvest in the 18th Century Church of England
0 CommentsC Don Jones Patheos The Dying Church?
Stephen Parsons Surviving Church The Clergy Disciplinary Measure revisited
54 CommentsColin Coward Unadulterated Love Eight Progressive CofE Groups to meet Next Steps Group Bishops.
The Archbishop of York The Labour Party Conference Church Service
“Each year Christians on the Left host a church service at the beginning of the Labour Party Conference. This year Archbishop Stephen was invited to preach at St James in the City, Liverpool.”
Andi Chapman ViaMedia.News Ordained, Commissioned, Faithful and Eternally Hopeful
114 CommentsAnonymous Surviving Church Safeguarding: Remembering Another Anniversary
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Pete Broadbent 2030 Vision: People Strategy: Models of Church and Models of Ministry
Anonymous Survivng Church Safeguarding: Remembering a Birthday and an Anniversary
Martyn Percy Anglicanism.org Deconstructing Sydney Anglicanism: Past, Present and Futures
There is a pdf version of this article here.
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93 CommentsMeg Munn Chair of the National Safeguarding Panel Assessing and managing risk
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Margaret Wilkinson Church Times Loss of parish — and housing
“Marriage breakdown can leave spouses without a place to live”
Laudable Practice Gloriana Day: Thanksgiving for the Mellow Light of the 1559 Prayer Book
Molly Jane Layton The Living Church Lambeth and Women’s Ordination
Andrew Village and Leslie Francis Church Times Lockdown communion: voices from the pews
19 CommentsStephen Bates The New European The Church of England: Has it got a prayer?
David Ison ViaMedia.News Two Things Which Really Matter
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Stephen Parsons Surviving Church Binary Thinking in Anglican Churches. Is it likely to take over?
Church Times Leader comment: Uncovered: how clergy struggle to take holidays
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