This story is extraordinary. Extraordinary! A housing manager has been demoted, and his salary slashed, after he criticised a controversial new gay rights law. Adrian Smith, a Christian, was found guilty of gross misconduct by his publicly funded housing association …

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Controversial, but powerful stuff. The general problem remains, however. The nature of the ministry than a priest is called to, in the way that Rowan articulates, is – to generalise hugely – a ministry that will become rarer and rarer …

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News from the Church of Ireland that the events of the summer with the entering into a Civil Partnership of the Very Rev Tom Gordon, Dean of Leighlin Cathedral, are moving to the middle game. The Very Rev Tom Gordon’s …

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Quite simply, the best Harvest hymn ever written, because it understands entirely that Harvest-tide is but a fore-taste of the final harvest and the victory of Christ. It affirms for us that the whole world’s history is geared around one man and …

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