Monthly Archives: December 2018

King’s College Cambridge choir prepares for live Christmas broadcast This year’s A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols will mark 100 years since the service began Stephen Moss Fri 21 Dec 2018 14.03 GMTLast modified on Fri 21 Dec 2018 19.13 GMT  Stephen Cleobury … Continue reading →

Brexit alternatives proposed by MPs and peers by HATTIE WILLIAMS  18 DECEMBER 2018 – CHURCH TIMES PA Steven Bray, an anti-Brexit campaigner, outside the gates of the Houses of Parliament in Westminster on 18 December RELIGIOUS leaders, including a former archbishop, have … Continue reading →

Posted on December 13, 2018by Jayne Ozanne by the Revd Canon Rosie Harper, Chaplain to the Bishop of Buckingham and Member of General Synod The past few weeks in the church where I work there have seen some of the largest numbers … Continue reading →

London PCC’s criteria for accepting a bishop went too far, Sir William Fittall decides byMADELEINE DAVIES 14 DECEMBER 2018 – CHURCH TIMES PA The Archbishop of Canterbury at the consecration of Bishop Mullally (left) and the Bishop of Gloucester, the … Continue reading →

Church of England crosses red line as it blesses “genital mutilation” December 12, 2018 – Jules Gomes Conservatives in the Church of England have expressed shock and outrage after the House of Bishops led by a senior evangelical bishop have authorised … Continue reading →

Guidance for gender transition services published New guidance for parishes planning services to help transgender people mark their transition has been published by the Church of England. The pastoral guidance, which will be incorporated into Common Worship*, encourages clergy to be … Continue reading →

Are Christians Guilty of Exerting Peer Pressure to Make People “Fit In”? Posted on December 10, 2018by Jayne Ozanne by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation All of us want to ‘fit in’, … Continue reading →

Hospitality network connects people on pilgrimages with places to stay Dec 8, 2018 by James Dearie   People Will, monk, David c.jpg Will Peterson, Trappist Br. Paul Quenon and David Cable at the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani in rural … Continue reading →

Joy and Hope Bonaventure’s “vision logic,” as Ken Wilber would call it, and the lovely symmetry of his theology, can be summarized in what Bonaventure named the three great truths that for him hold everything together. He summarizes all his … Continue reading →

Editorial: Advent offers chance to rediscover tradition, free from ideologues Dec 4, 2018 by NCR Editorial Staff   A sculpture showing an expectant Mary with Joseph en route to Bethlehem is seen in a church during the 2012 season of Advent. … Continue reading →