@decaf3.bsky.social
East Anglian, Fen Edge walker, LLM here and Friend of @sheldonretreat.bsky.social in Devon.
Ready for New Year’s Eve in Orvieto.
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Ready for New Year’s Eve in Orvieto.
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Rest
Read
Relax
Retreat
Recuperate
What do you need your R5 to be?
Upcoming sessions in November:
2nd - 7th
23rd - 28th
Call us on 01647-252752 to book your spot!
Or email us at bookings@sheldonretreat.com
www.sheldonretreat.com/visit/r5-weeks
Read
Relax
Retreat
Recuperate
What do you need your R5 to be?
Upcoming sessions in November:
2nd - 7th
23rd - 28th
Call us on 01647-252752 to book your spot!
Or email us at bookings@sheldonretreat.com
www.sheldonretreat.com/visit/r5-weeks
September 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Rest
Read
Relax
Retreat
Recuperate
What do you need your R5 to be?
Upcoming sessions in November:
2nd - 7th
23rd - 28th
Call us on 01647-252752 to book your spot!
Or email us at bookings@sheldonretreat.com
www.sheldonretreat.com/visit/r5-weeks
Read
Relax
Retreat
Recuperate
What do you need your R5 to be?
Upcoming sessions in November:
2nd - 7th
23rd - 28th
Call us on 01647-252752 to book your spot!
Or email us at bookings@sheldonretreat.com
www.sheldonretreat.com/visit/r5-weeks
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It's nearly National Retreat Week - renew:all! Find somewhere for your own quiet day or retreat on promotingretreats.org, or why not explore some of their excellent online resources and have your own quiet time at home! renewall.org.uk #prayer #retreat
September 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It's nearly National Retreat Week - renew:all! Find somewhere for your own quiet day or retreat on promotingretreats.org, or why not explore some of their excellent online resources and have your own quiet time at home! renewall.org.uk #prayer #retreat
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Are we treating the data behind the “quiet revival” claims the same way we would treat negative data about church attendance? I don’t think so.
🚨New on The Church Mouse Blog | The Quiet Revival under the microscope. 🚨 Mouse takes a closer look at the data behind the claims. www.churchmousepublishing.co.uk/2025/08/the-...
The Quiet Revival under the microscope | The Church Mouse Blog
www.churchmousepublishing.co.uk
August 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Are we treating the data behind the “quiet revival” claims the same way we would treat negative data about church attendance? I don’t think so.
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Those of you who work as clergy, esp woman and non-binary folks, do you have any kind of rules around meeting people, especially those you don’t know well?
(Besides the obvious, don’t meet in dark alleys/at night/ ideally keep yourself between them and the door etc).
✝️
(Besides the obvious, don’t meet in dark alleys/at night/ ideally keep yourself between them and the door etc).
✝️
August 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Those of you who work as clergy, esp woman and non-binary folks, do you have any kind of rules around meeting people, especially those you don’t know well?
(Besides the obvious, don’t meet in dark alleys/at night/ ideally keep yourself between them and the door etc).
✝️
(Besides the obvious, don’t meet in dark alleys/at night/ ideally keep yourself between them and the door etc).
✝️
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The storm clouds have cleared, blue skies are on their way back, and it’s almost time for Greenbelt. We believe brighter days are coming. But we have to play our part. Will you be there?
August 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The storm clouds have cleared, blue skies are on their way back, and it’s almost time for Greenbelt. We believe brighter days are coming. But we have to play our part. Will you be there?
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“This is Brexit Britain. We voted to take back control of our borders,” says Nigel Farage
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine the shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in sky rocketing small boat crossings
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
August 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“This is Brexit Britain. We voted to take back control of our borders,” says Nigel Farage
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine his shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
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"It makes me tear up. I can't verbally express my gratitude." 🧡
It was our privilege to help Matt, Esther and their children with Adult and Young Carer Support, as well as funding to buy a new cargo bike, to make life more accessible for their youngest son, Levi.
www.clergysupport.org.uk/esther
It was our privilege to help Matt, Esther and their children with Adult and Young Carer Support, as well as funding to buy a new cargo bike, to make life more accessible for their youngest son, Levi.
www.clergysupport.org.uk/esther
August 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"It makes me tear up. I can't verbally express my gratitude." 🧡
It was our privilege to help Matt, Esther and their children with Adult and Young Carer Support, as well as funding to buy a new cargo bike, to make life more accessible for their youngest son, Levi.
www.clergysupport.org.uk/esther
It was our privilege to help Matt, Esther and their children with Adult and Young Carer Support, as well as funding to buy a new cargo bike, to make life more accessible for their youngest son, Levi.
www.clergysupport.org.uk/esther
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Was great to chat to Laura when she was researching this piece and it's turned out great. #NewScientist
August 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Was great to chat to Laura when she was researching this piece and it's turned out great. #NewScientist
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Sara, a mother to three young children, shares how the two-child limit on benefits impacts her and her family
I'm a mum impacted by the two-child limit on benefits. It must go
www.bigissue.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sara, a mother to three young children, shares how the two-child limit on benefits impacts her and her family
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History should teach us empathy and realism, not superiority and mythology.
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
History should teach us empathy and realism, not superiority and mythology.
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There are sources of hope all around us. Find them. Cling to them. Never give up. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-hope
August 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There are sources of hope all around us. Find them. Cling to them. Never give up. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-hope
Lovely image of the Sheldon old chapel @sheldonretreat.bsky.social a special place.
If we are not to grow weary,... we must pay attention to the replenishment of our spiritual resources from time to time, going into retreat, into the silence, and there being alone with God (APR archive 1957). Where might you go? promotingretreats.org #retreat #silence
August 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Lovely image of the Sheldon old chapel @sheldonretreat.bsky.social a special place.
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The next online Oasis Day will be on Tuesday 12 August - Find out more on www.oasisdays.org.uk, or email janefranklinretreats@gmail.com to book your place #onlineretreat #prayer
August 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The next online Oasis Day will be on Tuesday 12 August - Find out more on www.oasisdays.org.uk, or email janefranklinretreats@gmail.com to book your place #onlineretreat #prayer
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It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
July 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It's not political to think people shouldn't be starved to death.
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'those regarding themselves as British now ‘attach greater importance to civic rather than ethnic features of British identity. 70% of those who identify as British give a primarily civic response to our question on how someone can become ‘truly British’, only 17% give a primarily ethnic one’.
My hopeful reading of the recent UK Social Attitudes Survey from @natcen.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reasons for Hope? The UK Social Attitudes Survey and Historical Literacy
A recent social attitudes survey indicates shifting views of history and identity in the UK. It is lamented by the right wing and at odds with the nationalist and populist tendency in the USA and m...
www.tandfonline.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
'those regarding themselves as British now ‘attach greater importance to civic rather than ethnic features of British identity. 70% of those who identify as British give a primarily civic response to our question on how someone can become ‘truly British’, only 17% give a primarily ethnic one’.
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Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
@chloehadj.bsky.social
Read more:
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Deep listening is about dignity. It’s recognising the humanity in someone, even when their ideas repel you.
Eight simple steps to transform the way you listen
www.bigissue.com
June 8, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Deep listening is about dignity. It’s recognising the humanity in someone, even when their ideas repel you.
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Sarah Bays,contemporary artist, printmaker, living in Norfolk, UK producing prints from a small etching press on a tea trolley her dining room and is inspired by local nature....
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
June 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Sarah Bays,contemporary artist, printmaker, living in Norfolk, UK producing prints from a small etching press on a tea trolley her dining room and is inspired by local nature....
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Today on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: why should we even bother with this history malarkey?
lucyworsley.substack.com
lucyworsley.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: why should we even bother with this history malarkey?
lucyworsley.substack.com
lucyworsley.substack.com
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Now the full list of who’s on the group that finds the next Archbishop of Canterbury is published: a leak from their WhatsApp group?? viamedia.news/2025/05/28/t...
The Mid-Atlantic Anglican: Leaks from the CNC WhatsApp Group - ViaMedia.News
by Anon. In what was an unforeseen and dreadful oversight, with an investigation and lessons learned review now pending, the Editor of The Mid-Atlantic Anglican was accidentally included on the new co...
viamedia.news
May 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Now the full list of who’s on the group that finds the next Archbishop of Canterbury is published: a leak from their WhatsApp group?? viamedia.news/2025/05/28/t...
For example @sheldonretreat.bsky.social
Make time to reflect on the events of Holy Week with a retreat or quiet day, or just some solitary time of prayer. There are dozens of places to go to listed on promotingretreats.org. #retreat #prayer #holyweek
April 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
For example @sheldonretreat.bsky.social
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This is literally how the Holocaust started, and honestly I'm tired of saying so
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This is literally how the Holocaust started, and honestly I'm tired of saying so
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. #41: Read widely. And read current stuff. You can’t expect to make anything good if you don’t follow what other people are making. (This goes double for children’s books: you can’t write what today’s children want just by remembering what you liked as a child.)
March 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. #41: Read widely. And read current stuff. You can’t expect to make anything good if you don’t follow what other people are making. (This goes double for children’s books: you can’t write what today’s children want just by remembering what you liked as a child.)
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Dear friends: Outreach is happy to share with you this new image, which we commissioned from the artist Ruben Ferreira: "The Risen Christ's Outreach to LGBTQ People."
March 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Dear friends: Outreach is happy to share with you this new image, which we commissioned from the artist Ruben Ferreira: "The Risen Christ's Outreach to LGBTQ People."