This was quite a sermon on Sunday from Rowan Williams:
"At its best our church remains a place that gives room for growing and rejoicing. Room for people to be lifted – not simply to feel that they are being nagged into more and more heavy lifting for less and less result."
BREAKING: The Bishop of Warrington, the Rt Revd Bev Mason, has identified herself as the bishop who made allegations of misconduct against the Bishop of Liverpool, Dr John Perumbalath, who resigned earlier on Thursday. https://t.co/7RYKfuLkid
Proud to call this person my friend. A true pastor who has shown unstinting grace, steadfastness and faithfulness throughout this whole appalling ordeal.
Statement from Dean, Archdeacons, and chairs of houses of laity and clergy in Liverpool: "the position of the Rt Revd Dr John Perumbalath is currently untenable."
General Synod members calling tonight for both Bishop of Liverpool and Archbishop Stephen Cottrell to quit after our Church abuse exclusive tonight. Big thanks to stellar producer @clairesinka
@tapanisimojoki Did she do that, though? Or did she simply implore one of the most powerful office holders in the world - who has a track record of lies, criminality, prejudice, discompassion, and making threats - to be merciful and compassionate to the most vulnerable in society, as Jesus was?
@MetzUAC1530@tapanisimojoki The Jesus of The Beatitudes, of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, of the Feeding of the Five Thousand… doesn’t get more real than that.
@CapelLofft Im so sorry to read this. I hope you have reported this incident to the incumbent, and if their response is not satisfactory I would suggest you write to the Area Dean. Your curate’s attitude is completely unacceptable.
Mass on the Feast of St John of The Cross - a perfect way to end to our Advent Quiet Day in the Benefice of Wolvercote and Wytham @oxforddiocese yesterday, inspirationally led by @MollyBoot1 @greenbelt@GlosDioc - such a blessing. #FollowTheStar#CalmAndBright
We were once told the Bible is very clear, slavery is legitimate, leadership is male, divorce equals exclusion, the earth is only 6,000 years old etc. Now those immature & abusive readings of the Bible’s texts have been dumped. So why do some still use it to exclude LGBT+ people?