Sometimes the Director of Changing Attitude just gets it spot on. The Church of England knows it has a crisis on its hands. It thinks the crisis might be solved by gently persuading enough conservatives to overcome their convictions and …

Colin Coward Nails It Read more »

As with all these things, sound-bites don’t capture nuance, but it was a fun interview to do and the picture is quite cool. Why did you become a priest? I had a growing sense of God calling me into full-time …

Self-Promotion Read more »

Ash Wednesday. Traditionally a time to stop, reflect, begin the preparation for the great celebration of Easter and finally to apply some unique flattering forehead make-up. Two years ago at this time in the Church’s annual cycle, as a family …

Stepping Back Read more »

As promised, here’s my top ten Anglicans who I believe will have an impact on the church in 2013 (and beyond). For some it may be for things that will happen over the next twelve months that will involve them, …

2013 – The Anglicans to Watch Read more »

Gosh, I do love it when people try to spin things to avoid the obvious. Take for example this wonderful paragraph by Keith Sharpe on his latest Changing Attitude blog. It is alleged that [Wallace Benn] has on occasions demanded …

Spin, Spin, Spin Read more »

From Changing Attitude. The soon-to-arrive new Bishop of Chichester has some fine messes to clear up on arrival, in a diocese with a higher than average number of gay clergy and gay-friendly congregations presided over in part by a homophobic …

Breaking – First Public CDM Over Bishop’s Pastoral Letter of 2005 Read more »