Feb172026
Working Class Vocations and the Church of England
The General Synod of the Church of England debate last week about working class vocations was really encouraging. I was called to speak. Unfortunately, the length of time you had to talk was reduced as I was walking from my seat to the podium so I had to cut from 5 minutes to three on the fly.
Feb122026
Poverty and the Church: 40 Years After Faith In The City
This morning at General Synod we debated the Faith in the City report 40 years after its publication. I had written a speech for that strongly asked for concrete action in the next five years of General Synod’s life. Unfortunately we spent a lot of time on side quests, time was short and I was not called to speak. This is what I would have said. Please bear in mind that I write words for speaking out loud not for publishing as an article.
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Jan312024
God of All Comfort | Singing at EETG
I have been involved with the Estates Evangelism Task Group and Partner’s Conference at High Leigh. Ninety practitioners gathered together to look at the challenges facing us in the future serving our communities. There has been a lot of challenge for The Church to reform its institutional bias and refocus on those who live in poverty. That however is for a later post.