Unmaking Mary by Chine McDonald?

What a wonderful moment in #Synod .The terrible "Issues in Human Sexuality" document has been consigned to the recycling bin with huge support across the Synod, in all Houses and constituencies. Glimmers of hope.

Romanticist? This autistic woman just applied for disability benefits An autistic woman who applied for a government disability benefit is trying not to think about the fact the very idea is just a stab in the dark, reports have confirmed. Miya Wilkes, 33, from Walton, ...

Miya Wilkes, 33, from Walton, fantasises about having her lifelong struggles affirmed by a woman hiding behind a desktop computer who met her all of eight minutes ago.

Yay! Thank you 😊

Hello, please can I join? 🙂

The Sacrament of Answers Drifting imperceptibly upwardsSoft bubbles, borne,On the wind of the searching.They rise.Gently brushing the edge of the liminal Floating gently near, summoned,By a map of courageous questions dari…

I’ve been realising that I’d like to get back into writing more regularly and so I thought the first step might be to share some of what I’ve already written (because that’s an easier first step than trying to begin something new!) 😊 ✝️

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I think ours are doing one based on Rowan Williams’ ‘Discovering Christianity’, although I haven’t read it yet so not sure how much required reading there would be.

I agree EMIS is teeny tiny and difficult to use. I don’t have visual differences but do have other accessibility needs that they are failing to meet. The irony is painful. Solidarity with your wife, and I’m so sorry.

a man and a woman standing next to each other with the words that is brand new information . Alt: A gif of Phoebe from Friends saying “that is brand new information” in a very over the top way!

#Linda #Traitors

Justin Welby: his time as Archbishop of Canterbury Madeleine Davies looks back over the Welby years

I have a long read this week, looking back at Justin Welby's time as Archbishop of Canterbury. Quite hard to summarise an eventful 12 years. I'm sure others would have different emphases or readings
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Solidarity. I’m so sorry, it’s a tough gig. I had to ‘agree’ to it last year, in essence agreeing to only date men and receive therapy for the ‘other bit’. All I will say in response to this is that I have ‘fallen’ at the first hurdle!

Fact-checking is not censorship.
Requesting evidence is not censorship.
Refuting falsehoods is not censorship.
Stopping a lie from travelling halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on is not censorship.
But Zuckerberg's grovelling to Trump will sure as hell lead to censorship.

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.

‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

Hank hill stands at a counter in a store called "Computer Business Center". he explains to an employee "I do not want to save to Onedrive. I want to save to the documents folder... On my computer... that I own... In my house." Credit is given to Dennis Presiloski

The last thing I want to go on about is being trans. I just want to serve God (& be me!), but …

Things are just awful for trans people right now.

And they will get worse.

We are such a minority.

Though we will keep going,

non-trans friends: please find ways to stand up with us and for us.

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I’ve reported on homelessness for years and met many, many people who have found themselves in awful situations

Every single one of them had more decency and integrity than this privileged plutocrat

Like him, I am an atheist.

But I witness daily the avoidable suffering endured by patients not receiving the palliative care they need.

And I think it is unconscionable to offer citizens a choice to die if we fail to offer them the care that can make life worth living.

#AssistedDying

A poster of white animals for White Friday, including the polar bear, arctic wolf, arctic fox, snowy owl and mountain hare.

Have a good White Friday!

Annnd operation ‘avoid all social media and news websites until I’ve caught up on the bake off final’ begins now…

Starmer says Britain ‘isn’t working’ as he announces jobs push The government plans include overhauling job centres, but reforms to benefits are delayed until next year.

How about a new working headline: “Britain has made work inaccessible for 1.5 million people”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Universal Credit is just £91 a week.

Payments are so low people are having to turn to food banks to survive.

And many people receiving Universal Credit are in work - but just aren't earning enough to afford life's essentials.

This is helpful! Thank you

On the streets of Liverpool, there is a humanitarian crisis

A perfect storm of problems means more and more people are finding themselves homeless & sleeping rough & it’s getting worse - it’s a situation playing out across the country

A difficult 🧵 on what I’ve found reporting on this situation

So, dear humans, I have a practical question that I’ve always been too afraid to ask. Is the idea that we all just follow strangers and then comment on their posts to make friends? Like, can I just dive in and say things? Do I say hi first? Any help for this neurodiverse brain very much appreciated!

Yes! And wasn’t there another one about racing pigeons?

*looks shifty*… but also, I would argue, equal rights for minutiae!

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Stop everything! Richard Coles is on I’m a celebrity…. I may need to start watching it again.