A woman's place is in the house ... ... of Bishops. Today Libby Lane became the first woman to be consecrated a bishop in the 500 year history of the Church of England. As a CofE pew-filler, I welcome you.
Tag: Church of England
Glad to be gay
This weekend there was a big change in British law, same sex marriages are now legal. Let me get this straight (pun intended) I have no horse in this race. I am married with three grown kids. But I am glad for those in the LGBT community, glad that churches can opt in to this, …
It works.
In the TV show Rev., back this week. The titular character, Rev. Adam Smallbone (played by Tom Hollander) tries to describe the intricacies of the Anglican hierarchy to the local Imam. "So how does it work?" Asked the Imam. "It doesn't." That was Monday. Wednesday was off to the local church (Holy Trinity Huddersfield) for …
Another fine mess
Oh dear, Church of England, what have you done? Yesterday's news that the good ol' C of E were considering taking the mess they have got themselves into over the appointment of women as Bishops to arbitration cannot be good news. Not in the short term. That the CofE cannot sort out its internal wrangling …
Donkey in the churchyard
I don't think they knew I was there. I'm talking about the churchyard clear up day Lots of people, including the community police, community payback, some scouts and lots of people from the church were clearing the churchyard from lots of overgrown trees, mostly rhododendrons. There was a lot of wood cleared the filled a …
Making an ass of myself 