Synod’s Shared Conversations

Ian Paul’s reflections on General Synod’s Shared Conversations – “Feedback from previous events had been somewhat mixed, and for me (and I think a good number of others) this also proved to be like the proverbial curate’s egg”

Three Deaths in One Week – An Extended Meditation

Death never loses its power to shock and stun, to bring a life to an often juddering and jagged end; it is a daily alien reality that is built into life. But if we refuse to recognise the reality of its destructive potential, or deny its place in our lives and in society, we flee into dangerous denial.

Beer and Theology Gathering with Graham Kings and Angus Ritchie – Friday 1st July

Our fourth Beer and Theology, in association with The Centre for Theology and Community and the Hurtado Jesuit Centre, will be with Graham Kings and Angus Ritchie, Executive Director of CTC and Priest-in-Charge of St George-in-the-East, Shadwell and Assistant Priest at St Peter’s, Bethnal Green The subject will be What is Sacramental Life?  introduced by Angus. … Continue Reading

The Wreck of Catholic Identity: Marriage Canon Revision in the Scottish Episcopal Church

“In holding the Committee’s work up to the measure of each member of the “Anglican tripod”, we are asking how well it has succeeded in doing what it set out to do … The question our review raises is …. how to conceive and discuss new pastoral initiatives in faithfulness to the catholic Christian identity the church professes”.