Jeremy Parsons

Husband, father, ordained entrepreneur. Rector of Harwell and Chilton, Oxfordshire. Always learning, always unlearning.

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

The man seems determined to stay, though it's clear he can't credibly lead the long-overdue change.

No question he's an astute politician and an able self-publicist. These are useful attributes, but not the priority for leading the Church today.

[BBC Radio 4 Today @BBCr4today]

"I do not think it's appropriate for the Archbishop of York to be in post."

The Rt Rev Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Newcastle, tells #R4Today she does not think Stephen Cottrell should 'be leading change that the Church needs at this time'.

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

The Archbishop of York has blamed employment law for issues surfaced by @BBCfileon4.

He's claiming plausible deniability.

An honorary canon (and serial bully) I experienced was protected and enabled by his oversight of Chelmsford Diocese.

Denial, yes. Plausible, no way.

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

I'm grateful for Justin Welby's belated recognition of his culpability and that of the hierarchy of the Church of England. My experience of the present Archbishop of York, when I overlapped with his time in Chelmsford, gives me no hope for reform from within. Change must come.

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

It's been a long while since I was here regularly. After all the controversies, is this a good place to be?

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

I posted a human (me!)-written poem, with my AI-assisted art, in the wrong place. But the response was so moving and affirming that I'm putting it here too, which is a lot more public and a lot more scary.

The Bible reference I'm riffing on is here: https://t.co/gm5fORqCy5

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

Watching https://t.co/8MOq7sOIba has my heart racing. My own experience of a church minister, known as a serial bully, both tolerated and enabled by three rungs of senior Anglican office holders, will never leave me.

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

@Janekelly25 @AnnaRowlands1 Surely the point was that some Catholic priests would, in living memory, forbid their flock from setting foot in a C of E church?

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

Sitting down to @BBCR4Sunday with @williamcrawley in the chair. On the agenda, @LexBradley_Stow and the inside story of #duckgate

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@churchofengland Oh, and don't get me started about the PDF! Did anyone think, let's put _one_ page on each page, because who knows, maybe someone might want to _read_ this? Apparently not! #grumpy

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

The @churchofengland report "Care and Support Reimagined" is a missed opportunity.
As a minister, I'm being nagged without being helped.
As an innovator, I see the usual nonsense - here are some case studies, here's a top-down view, here's the buck being passed.
#fail

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

@petersuhm Is that even a thing nowadays? I feel like the tectonic plates have shifted on the globe of business information and processing. CRM was revolutionary dumbware, pulling info from clever but isolated systems into one place. Now everything clever integrates, so who needs more dumb?

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

Looks like Microsoft 365 is broken today. Anyone having a better experience?

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

Great news for fans of The Pitch, and the "Pitching The Pitch" podcast episode is unique and unmissable.

This show is a must-subscribe for anyone on the #Startup trail. And this is so much more than just a reboot.

Congratulations @joshmuccio and @muccio_lisa! Amazing job!

[Josh Muccio @joshmuccio]

Today is a special day for me and @muccio_lisa. For the first time in almost two-years, we published a new episode of @thepitchshow. And in what is probably the most meta thing ever, we pitched The Pitch, to the investors on The Pitch 🫣

Yeah, we were sweating bullets 😅 (cont.)

[BBC Morning Live @BBCMorningLive]

Tonight's shocking @BBCPanorama focuses on how survivors of UK terror attacks are being targeted with extreme conspiracy theories and online abuse.

📺 'Disaster Deniers: Hunting the trolls' @BBCOne 8pm with disinformation correspondent @mariannaspring 👇
https://t.co/0vJvqw6uB2

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

@JoVertigan Very quiet. You missed a bit of lightning. Harry and Paul are about to be back together on TV. Cooking oil has gone up in price. That's all I've noticed.

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@LockFarm There's an inalienable human right (I read somewhere on the interwebs) to be angry. Failing to provide me with a suitably attack-worthy PM is a direct assault on freedom itself. To the virtual barricades, one and all. Fight for the right to parody!

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@changingworship @thebassplayeruk I've always enjoyed songs with geographical specificity. The way to Amarillo. Sunshine on Leith. Plaistow Patricia.

So I'd definitely go for Walton-on-the-Naze, home to one of my very favourite piers of the realm.

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@simonbayly @enterprisingox @ThisIsSethsBlog !

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

I'm the latest "Entrepreneur Uncovered" by @enterprisingox

I've suggested three muscles to develop if you want to go from Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur.

And I've shown yet again I'm a @ThisIsSethsBlog fanboi!

What do you think?

https://t.co/Y7HVJlr4ni

#Oxford #startup

[Jeremy Parsons @jdap]

The rumours are true, then