Breaking lent effort because so disturbed by Mark Danziger on Paddy O'Connell #BroadcastingHouse comparing fallout from #GaryLineker taking a moral stance on asylum seeker legislation with criminal deeds of Jimmy Saville. Please retract BBC Radio 4 theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/m…

This is privatisation by the back door

Fabulous concert at #PapalBasilicaofStPaulOutsidetheWalls singing #Elgar #DreamofGerontius with #SimonOver Southbank Sinfonia The UK Parliament Choir Coventry Cathedral Chorus. Once in a lifetime.

3 hours to go if you don’t have necessary ID to vote but you know someone who does…

OurCofELike I find what Philippa_Perry has to say on small talk interesting &helpful, a bit less pressured maybe? noblerot.co.uk/post/motivated…

Every year, thousands of people die from suicide in England. Samaritans have organised a petition asking Government to reinstate local funding for suicide prevention because #SavingLivesCantWait. It takes 30 seconds to add your name campaign.samaritans.org/page/113477/pe…

They are also, by implication, mocking all of us who obeyed the rules. Those who grieved alone. Suffered alone. Died alone. Did their obedient and decent best - alone. These parties, their cover up, & Rishi Sunak’s complicity in ennobling Boris Johnson’s favourite partygoers…

This Sunday, I preached (twice) on the parenting of God. If only I’d read this first: Why is the Church silencing victims? - UnHerd unherd.com/2023/07/why-is…

The remarkable Paul Hinton is raising money for #Bearwood #Refugees Bearwood Action by pilgrimaging (is that a word?) from #Iona to #Lindisfarne. justgiving.com/crowdfunding/p…

Parth Narendran elsadiabetes Professor Alex Richter Meet Dr Kun Hu 🤩 He’s working on the SMILE trial to help young people manage #Type1Diabetes. Find out more: jdrf.org.uk/research_proje…

“Defending the indefensible becomes less about defending the person and more about protecting a particular version of reality.” Thought-provoking analysis from ⁦Jayne Manfredi⁩ open.substack.com/pub/churched/p…

“I profoundly disagree with the Home Secretary’s speech about asylum and multiculturalism, her characterisation of Leicester, and of those seeking refuge in the UK.” churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/…

Amazing day witnessing Paul receiving MVO at Windsor Castle in same ceremony as Leah Williamson. Thank you to her mother, Amanda, for being our photographer! Emily Demosthenous Michelle Evans Thomas Hames

Clare Dean is the new incumbent of the lovely Stour Vale Benefice Diocese of Salisbury

CofE leaders across Birmingham express support for same-sex blessing services. Read our press release & letter here, and please consider doing something similar in other dioceses crossed the CofE. #LivinginLoveAndFaith #LLF #InclusiveisOrthodox thisestate.blogspot.com/2023/12/cofe-l…

Doctors. They’re doctors. Stop belittling & infantilising highly trained & skilled professionals who could be saving your life in a cardiac arrest, operating on your brain to remove a tumour, transplanting your kidney or ensuring your last days on earth are pain free & dignified.

Today we released this original image by Kelly Latimore Icons — created this week. It's inspired by our friends in Bethlehem who placed Christ under the rubble this Christmas in honor of the lives lost in Gaza. When asked where God is as Gaza is being bombed, Munther Isaac منذر اسحق said: "God is

Tomorrow evening 7.30pm we shall be praying for peace in Palestine in the words of Palestinian Christian women. Please join us B92 0AA. World Day of Prayer The Church of England Birmingham Knowle Parish Church Organised by churches of #HamptonInArden #Knowle #Dorridge

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I hear the press have got hold of some pictures and so I have been forced to make this statement. Needless to say, I apologise. shorturl.at/nENOY