Faith brings a certainty which enables us to move with sureness in all the uncertainties, confusion, disappointment and dissolution of life. “God, where are you?” pg 141 Gerard W Hughes DLT Books

Disgraceful. This weaponisation of the Eucharist shames the whole Communion.

With winter gas bills etc approaching, anyone else in a multi parish Benefice planning bold moves to close some churches for the winter? Thinking of building shares with the Methodists. Other strategies to manage it?

Never forget to say 'Thank you'

A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep’ - Salman Rushdie #SalmanRushdie

Two-thirds of UK families could be in fuel poverty by January, research finds. FORTY FIVE MILLION PEOPLE. Let that sink in. FORTY FIVE MILLION. and the Tories don't give a s**t theguardian.com/society/2022/a…

Thinking especially today of young people receiving their A level results and what they might mean for the next step. My prayer is that all may know that they are loved for who they are and are not defined by achievements alone.

Hummingbird Hawk-Moths frequent visitors this year BBO Wildlife Trust

One of many reasons I love living here #lovewhereyoulive

Rushcart Weekend #lovewhereyoulive

HERMIT RULE 24: Silence consists, above all, in being quiet so as to be always ready to receive something greater. Leave your analyses and the avalanche of your deductions. Allow silence to be manifested within your interior self.

Resurrection Church in Sloviansk, Donetsk, Ukraine - today is Independence Day in Ukraine. Pray for Ukraine. Pray for Peace. Pray for all those bereft and bereaved in this conflict. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slov…

I’m leading our first ( maybe last!) pet service on Wednesday. Outdoors. Any helpful tips/ experience to share?

Karl Marx believed that religion is an opiate, dulling the senses of the masses. But over 70 years, the Queen showed us that faith - dynamic faith - is the engine of a life lived well.

Gorgeous liturgy. Timeless ritual. Proud to be an Anglican today.

Huge moment when the crown, sceptre and orb was placed on the altar at Windsor - all earthly power is only ever loaned and is given back to God from whom it comes.

Someone earning over £500k a year will gain a whopping £17,500 from the scrapping of the 45% tax rate. Most of us won't feel any benefit because of rising fuel bills and cost of living, any savings from reduced tax will go straight on bills and mortgages. The poor get nothing

Following yesterday’s mini budget someone earning £1m a year will be £55,220 better off. Someone earning £200,000 a year will be £5,190 better off. Someone earning £20,000 a year will be £157 better off. That’s ‘Levelling Up’ for you!

The average cost of energy for an Oasis Primary School was £26k a yr. Now, inc’ govt help, it’s 89k; an unfunded gap of £63k. But someone earning £1m a yr will be £55k better off; so if they chose to trickle-down, they could cover almost the whole gap for one school on their own.

Welcoming people from across the north to Bishopthorpe to hear their stories and experiences of poverty. Pope Francis says “solidarity (with the poor) is not sharing the crumbs from the table, but to make space at the table for everyone.” Let us work together for the common good.