Checking in with everyone. How are we doing tonight? Talk to your trans friends, check in with them often in the next few weeks.

A vignette from +Rowan for a new archbishop: ‘The missional witness of the dedicated worshipping community exists because people fall in love with God, not bc they are told that it is a part of a strategy for evangelisation’ …anwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/2…

🎄 Find your nearest Christmas service now! ⛄ tinyurl.com/486bmznf ❄️ Click here for dates, times and your local Episcopal church!

The American Empire conditions Christians to believe that the rich are “blessed and highly favored”. But Jesus subverts that by saying, “Blessed are the poor”.

The Rt Revd Dr John Armes has announced that he will retire as Bishop John Armes on 31 August this year. Bishop John, who was consecrated as 26th Bishop of Edinburgh in May 2012, will reach his 70th birthday later this year. 🔗 Full announcement here: scotland.anglican.org/bishop-of-edin…

“There is room for mercy. There is room for compassion.” Fascinating interview with Mariann Budde on her sermon and her advocacy of universal human dignity.

Nowhere does Mariann Edgar budde call for open borders, or for people not to be held accountable for their actions - she calls for compassion for aliens and strangers. See Genesis 23:4, Deuteronomy 10:19, Leviticus 19:34, Deuteronomy 27:19, Job 29:15-17, Psalm 146:9… (1/2)

Jesus actually starts with the outer circles with most persecuted and marginalised. JD Vance seems to have the Gospel absolutely upside down Rory Stewart

Today - among the anger at bullies & fear for the world, do something to feed you & give you life. To strengthen you so you can use your voice to reject the narrative they seek to force on the world. I am tending my budding trees & praying. What will you do to help you breathe?

Time to spotlight the poets of issue twenty. First up, we have four poems by Matthew Caley badlilies.uk/matthew-caley-1

Two poems by Gwyneth Lewis badlilies.uk/gwyneth-lewis

Two poems by William Thompson badlilies.uk/william-thomps…

Read 'The Bittersweet' by Vasiliki Albedo badlilies.uk/vasiliki-albedo

'Knackered, Babes' by Amy Jo Philip badlilies.uk/amy-jo-philip

Calloo Callay! It's new issue day! Issue 83 of The Interpreter's House is ready for your delectation. Settle down with a cuppa and feast your eyes on the best poems and short fiction in town: theinterpretershouse.org/current-issue

Corinna Board Corbett Buchly Hélène Demetriades Susannah Hart Kate Hendry Jenny Hockey Also featured in issue 83 are Bethany Jarmul Mark Keane, Jacob Mckibbin, Isabella Mead, Warren Mortimer George Oliver Kowalik Amy Jo Philip karipindoria Gita Ralleigh गीता Zoe R., Becky Tipper, Angela Townsend, Belinda Cooke, Sarah Wallis and Anthony Wilson

Poem-a-day 3 'Christ, shattered by comfort and ire, that thrawn spear on the enter key thrust daily, hourly into his side.' The powerful 'Of the wounds', one of two poems by Amy Jo Philip theinterpretershouse.org/philip-83

🌍Over £10,000 was raised across our diocese for Abraham's Children in Crisis in Bishop John Armes's 2025 Lent Appeal. Thank you to everyone who donated. Nine new children have since been supported. Read the charity's letter via the link in our bio. 📸B Werner/Wikimedia Commons

Many warm congratulations to Archbishop Leo Cushley on his 40 years of priestly ministry. It has been my joy to overlap with him for part of this time and to enjoy his episcopal ministry and companionship. May God bless him and keep him for all that lies ahead.