@MadsDavies@lucaslarner My closest friends were both cardiac nurses, but nurses generally stay in the hospital, they don't go out to where the accidents or emergencies are.
@lucaslarner Fuck sides, where's the CofE? Where are those who have been given a responsibility to speak up, to offer wisdom, kindness and point people towards a Just God? The Church continues to prattle on whispering niceties and best wishes. Little wonder the Nationalists are followed.
@MadsDavies@lucaslarner Nothing directly about you @MadsDavies - The Archbishop is playing church inside rather than practicing leadership outside of it.
Have interviewed Clare a couple of times over the years. About funding for deprived parishes & Boxing Day (a US mag was curious about what churches do in England). Such a thoughtful priest 🙏
@lucaslarner Fuck sides, where's the CofE? Where are those who have been given a responsibility to speak up, to offer wisdom, kindness and point people towards a Just God? The Church continues to prattle on whispering niceties and best wishes. Little wonder the Nationalists are followed.
@OSacrumCorIesu@MadsDavies I'd love to talk further about this. I think we've been indoctrinated around the theology of mission, and how it's encouraged and 'trained' - especially in the C of E. It clearly isn't working.
It’s not often I write a post like this, but I feel I need too. After 19 years as a cop, and giving my life for the public I’ve never met, believing in a better tomorrow…..I’m utterly disgusted, ashamed and have absolutely no faith in our justice system anymore.
An officer was fired for arresting a violent offender, who was armed with a weapon, because he had used some naughty words. The same ex-officer tackled a shoplifter who’s been charged with a plethora of offences, but has now been charged with assault after taking the offender to the floor. (Which is what he was trained to do)
Then two violent thugs, assault various people, attack female officers, and when an officer steps in to do his job, they can’t get a guilty verdict or won’t run a final trial.
I’m lost for words and have absolutely no faith in CPS, their decision making, or the justice system.
This is not just a case for the police, but shows the greater community that if you’re decent and law abiding, witness a crime and want to help…..you’ll have the book thrown at you.
However if you want to fight to police……it’s perfectly fine to do so.
When will the average law abiding citizen change their moral standing and think, 'Why not steal something from a shop, a bike at a station, a phone, someone's wallet'?
If authorities in Britain don't lead with authority then doesn't society lead to 'every man for himself'?
Hi @marksandspencer I just saw a man fill a large backpack with steaks at your St Albans store. I reported him and absolutely nothing was done to stop him by your staff. I assume that if you do nothing then your honest customers are having to pay a surcharge for the theft? Please advise.
@talkChristianly Social media use is increasingly didactic, just as news and video scrolling are. Churches currently are no different. If Church can be useful and distinctive, its very expression must be communal, giving everyone the voice they often don't have online?