Many moons ago I went on a road trip through southern Utah with an Anglican priest friend of mine. We drove into St George in the early evening and looked for a cheap motel to stay at. It was when we found one that my friend turned to me in the car and said, “Do [...]
If you’ve never read it before, Rowan Williams’ essay “The Body’s Grace” is now available online here. It’s a good read, though remember that it’s now over 20 years old and Rowan has moved on in his thinking since then. For conservatives reading it, can I suggest pondering the following questions: Do you agree with [...]
In case you hadn’t noticed, there was a significant ruling in California yesterday. A US federal judge has overturned California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. The judge found it unconstitutionally discriminated against same-sex couples who sought to wed. The state measure, known as Proposition 8, was passed by voters in 2008. It banned same-sex marriage, [...]
A warm welcome to you if you’re coming to my website after seeing my piece on Channel 4 this evening. It’s worth pointing out that I had no editorial control over what was eventually broadcast, so there was plenty of stuff that I talked about that didn’t make the final cut and also what you [...]
… I took part in a brief conversation about “Gay Marriage”. The audio is now online, so click play below. [Audio clip: view full post to listen]
Fascinating piece in today’s Telegraph on how some people change their sexual and emotional preferences later in life. While “late-blooming lesbians” are not uncommon in history – the married writer Virginia Woolf had an affair with the poet Vita Sackville-West – the phenomenon of mature women switching sexualities is now attracting academic scrutiny. One study [...]
I have a solution. Really, I have a solution. I grant you, it’s a slightly provocative solution, but I guarantee you that absolutely no-one could have an objection to Dr John being the Bishop of Southwark if it’s implemented. It’s very clear that Dr John fashions his own private life in line with the Church’s [...]
I thought it might be suitable to address the main point of Jeffrey John’s position as outlined in his paper, “The Church and Homosexuality” which was first published in 1998. In some senses this is a better paper then the subsequent “Permanent, Faithful, Stable” as it explores clearly the notion of how the Ephesians 5 [...]
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For those who are interested, this is the lecture that Dr Jeffrey John gave to the Post Lambeth 1998 Affirming Catholicism Conference entitled “The Church and Homosexuality : Post-Lambeth Reflections”. Instead of using the viewer below you can click here to download or read it below. For the full text of the lecture, see below.
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But I didn’t think it was going to be *this* crisis (all over again). A confidential meeting, chaired by Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has approved Dr Jeffrey John, the Dean of St Albans, to be on the shortlist to be the next Bishop of Southwark. He is understood to be the favoured [...]
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