This is such a beautiful, open, and gracious letter. Please do consider signing it if you agree with its content. #FaithfullyLGBT

www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...

What a despicable policy - performative cruelty, pure and simple. Completely heartbreaking to see the direction of travel and feel so utterly powerless to stop it. I’m ashamed to share my air with people like this.

The radical right in Britain increasingly claims to represent "Christian values" & "Christian civilisation" - though its leaders rarely go to church or pretend to believe anything.

It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.

We have all watched in horror as Israel crosses red line after red line in Gaza. If you agree please share this post on, help us send this message across social media, then contribute a picture to our powerful visual at bit.ly/3HW2ePI
Let’s speak out, in our masses, right now. #RedLineForGaza #Gaza

It’s up to 23k but cis women, surely you can get it higher? Sign and share, please? People who aren’t cis women also consider sharing please? Also, I don’t think you need to be in the UK to sign, just saying.

'The terms “biological woman” and “biological man”, used by the EHRC and others, are often not used as scientific terms but political ones. To our knowledge, neither the court nor the EHRC has attempted to define “biological sex”.'
#transrightsarehumanrights
#nonbinaryrightarehumanrights

Wondering why Katie Perry et al are being universally described as “crew” when all they actually did was pay a shed-load of money and then just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Yesterday King Charles was inspecting a British ship.

And YET he did so dressed as King of Canada wearing Canadian military decorations and Canadian honours, inc Order of Canada and Canadian Order of Military Merit.

Charles is sending us and the world a message, a LOUD message.

1/ These Seamus Heaney verses were included in the welcome service for our new bishop. Seems timely:
“History says don’t hope
on this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime, the longed for tidal wave
of justice can rise up.
And hope and history rhyme.”

I'm doing my best not to comment on every little (or big) thing that comes out of the White House these days. However, when it's something that touches directly on my actual areas of expertise, I cannot stay silent.

1/

Your own Desert Island Discs.
1. 8 songs, 1 p.d.
2. 1 book on the 9th day
3. Your luxury item on the 10th
No explanations or justifications (with or without links)
Day 1 Piano Man - Billy Joel

In case it's of interest or use, the Guardian has published the text of Bishop Budde's sermon. ⚓ #COfEPeeps

Is there a way to get a full-screen display of Bluesky on an iPad? Sorry for boring post, but it’s the main thing stopping me moving from the other place completely.

RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.

The world needs to speak NOW, before it happens, to say without ambiguity that to attack this hospital would be to cross a moral line. Under International Humanitarian Law, healthcare must always be protected. There can be no adequate reason to target such a place.

Multiple things can be true at once:

1. Oct 7th was the worst collective trauma Jews have experienced in our lifetimes

2. The war on Gaza is a horror

3. Antisemitism is rising

4. Islamophobia is rising

Those trying to use one of these to cancel others are making things worse

Going on a brewing (beer not tea!) experience day today with husband and brother-in-law. Should be fun!

Thanks for the code @thechurchmouse.bsky.social Looking forward to a more civilised experience than in the other place