Yesterday the Ordinariate officially got underway with the three defecting bishops being ordained priests in the Roman Catholic church. Vincent Nichols’ sermon was actually quite interesting. Forget the fuss over the Ordinariate being dedicated to Mary (of Walsingham no less …

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… and that is coalition by-election candidates. A lot of fuss today in centre right blogs on how to respond to the result overnight from the by-election. Conservative Home has joined the criticism of some in the Tory party of …

Oldham East and Saddleworth points in one direction Read more »

Thanks to Wesley Hill for pointing out that Mark Yarhouse referred to my work in his latest paper for the Christ on Campus Initiative. Still others reject a gay identity label altogether. This may be the more common response among …

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I want to pick up some of the observations made last week on the Boston Gay marriage and try to move the conversation forward. In particular, I want to return to the issues of a coherent theology of marriage that …

Two Theologies of Marriage? Read more »

Just spotted this via Discerning Reader – Chiastic structure of Ruth. Stuff like this makes me go all tingly – the beauty of the text. A (1:1-5) Emptied: family/home/provision; lost husband and 2 sons; no future; this section contains 71 …

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