Church of England – Page 10 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

A Different Kind of Coming Out

Peter Ould Jul 18, 2013 Tagged with Anglicanism, Christian Faith, Christian Sexuality, Christianity Magazine, Church Leader, Congre, Dry Sense, Ed Shaw, Emmanuel Church, Good Word, Helping Others, Homosexual Feelings, Informal Basis, Launch, Maidenhead, Personal Perspective, Same Sex Attraction, Sense Of Humour, Sermon, Vaughan Roberts

Great piece in this month’s Christianity Magazine. Homosexual feelings The core of this group are Sam …

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Church of England, Video

“Wait for Pilling”

Peter Ould Jul 17, 2013 Tagged with Amp, Church of England

Here I am pontificating on the Church of England… Did I say it enough? Wait for …

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Colin Coward Nails It

Peter Ould Jul 11, 2013 Tagged with Attitude, Bishops, Church Members, Church of England, Colin Coward, Conservatives, Convictions, Courage, Disdain, God Of Love, Nails, Nature Of God, Precipice, Prejudice, Straight To The Point, Synod, Understandings, Vicar, Vindictive God

Sometimes the Director of Changing Attitude just gets it spot on. The Church of England knows …

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Church of England, Therapy

Drama Therapy at the Secret Synod

Peter Ould Jul 7, 2013 Tagged with Actors, Anglican Priest, Anglicans, Bishops, Chap, Core Issues, Counsellor, Debate, Detailed Description, Drama Group, Drama Therapy, Express, Feedback, Gay, General Synod, John Bingham, Kill Bill, Lot Like, Newspapers, People, Professional Association, Quentin Tarantino, Rituals, Sessions, Six Hours, Synod Members, Tarantino Film, Temerity, Tongue In Cheek

Yesterday’s General Synod session on Women Bishops was held in secret. Sorry, in private. Well, in …

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Justin Welby’s Speech

Peter Ould Jul 5, 2013 Tagged with Adolescents, Attendance, Cause Of Death, Churches, Close To The Bone, Equivalents, Gay Teenagers, Glory Of God, Greater Glory, Hostility, House Of Lords, Marriage Bill, Morals, Opposition, Principle Cause, Profound Commitment, Prophetic Words, Reading Debate, Same Sex Marriage, Second Reading, Sexuality, Welby, Wind Of Change

Here’s the bits on homosexuality. The cultural and political ground is changing. Anyone who listened to …

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Escape from the Liturgy

Peter Ould Jun 24, 2013 Tagged with Attendance Figures, Christian Nation, Church Gatherings, Church of England, Classroom Model, Digital Environments, Flash Mob, Fluid Exchange, Hunch, Pews, Reading Words, Saying Hello, School Classroom, Solstice, Spiritual Seekers, Static Webpage, Stonehenge, Summer Solstice, Transcendent Experience, Vicky Beeching

Vicky Beeching has written a column for the Independent in response to the utterly superb wedding …

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Church of England, Gay Marriage

Understanding the Bishops

Peter Ould Jun 10, 2013 Tagged with Bishops, Church Denominations, Church of England, Committee Stage, Dangerous Implications, Denominations, Faiths, House Of Lords, Houses Of Parliament, Leicester, Majorities, Marriage Bill, Nonsense, Parliament, Parliamentary Debate, Principle, Same Sex Couples, Same Sex Marriage, Same Sex Marriages, Second Reading, Surrender

There’s been a lot of nonsense written about what the statement from the Bishop of Leicester …

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Church of England, UK Politics

Andrew Lilico – State Religion?

Peter Ould Jun 6, 2013 Tagged with Anglican, Anglicanism, Annual Art, Archbishop Cranmer, Art Competition, Christianity, Confession, Drawings, Intriguing Piece, Key Point, Legal Substance, Matter Of Law, Mohammed, Pageantry, Pretence, Religion In England, Roman Catholicism, Schoolchildren, State Religion, Transubstantiation

An intriguing piece by Andrew Lilico over at Archbishop Cranmer. Here is a sine qua non …

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Church of England, Gay Marriage

Misrepresenting Same-sex Marriage

Peter Ould Jun 2, 2013 Tagged with Assurances, Book Of Common Prayer, Canon Law, Christendom, Christian Case, Christians, Civic Religion, Clergy, Collegiality, Desires, Dorset, Gloss, Goddard, House Of Bishops, Intents And Purposes, Marriage Law, Salisbury, Same Sex Marriage, Secular Authority, Snark

I do the snark, Andrew Goddard does the substance. The Bishop of Salisburyâ€™s decision to abandon …

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Nick Holtam’s Case for Polygamy

Peter Ould May 30, 2013 Tagged with Bible Christian, Biblical Accounts, Biblical Passages, Christian Morality, Christian Tradition, Church of England, Dutch Reformed, Lambeth Conference, Last Fifty Years, Light Of Experience, Marriage, Marriage Service, Married Couples, Mid Twentieth Century, Nick, Nothing New Under The Sun, Polygamy, Public Acknowledgement, Same Sex Marriage, Sexual Immorality, Sexual Relationships, Theological Debate, There Is Nothing New Under The Sun

There is nothing new under the sun, and that goes without saying for Bishops attempting to …

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